Swami Nikhilananda

1937

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image depicts an upper body portrait of a person facing slightly left, smiling gently and looking upwards. The person has clear facial features, smooth skin, and closely cropped, dark hair. They are wearing a dark-colored garment with a visible zipper and tied drawstring near the neck. The background is a plain, dark surface.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 11.7 × 9.4 cm (4 5/8 × 3 11/16 in.)
    mount: 35.95 × 28.35 cm (14 1/8 × 11 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.764

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    181E

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1632

The image shows a man leaning his head on his hand, positioned with his face resting on his left hand. He has a mustache, thin-framed eyeglasses, and thick, greying hair that curls slightly at the edges. He is dressed in a formal jacket, a white shirt, and a black bow tie. The background is a soft, dark blur.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 1632.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, top left verso, in graphite: 181 E

Wikidata ID

Q64035706

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For more information about this photograph, see Key Set number 1630.

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