Door to Kitchen, Lake George

1934

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

This is a photograph of a white wooden building with horizontal siding. It features a small covered entryway with a pitched roof and shingles. The image shows sharp shadows on the floor and structure, creating contrasts in tones. The shadow of the roof indicates a sunny day, highlighting the texture of the wooden boards. The composition emphasizes the interplay between light and structure.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 24.1 × 18.8 cm (9 1/2 × 7 3/8 in.)
    mount: 52.6 × 41.9 cm (20 11/16 × 16 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.766

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    95C

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1546

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.

Alfred Stieglitz

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1958

  • Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 16–April 27, 1958

1983

  • Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, February 3–May 8, 1983; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, June 17–August 14, 1983; The Art Institute of Chicago, October 18, 1983–January 3, 1984

1995

  • Alfred Stieglitz at Lake George, Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 14, 1995–January 2, 1996

1999

  • Photographs from the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1999

Bibliography

1958

  • Bry, Doris. Exhibition of Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1958: no. 104, pl. 13.

1983

  • Greenough, Sarah, and Juan Hamilton. Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs and Writings. Washington, 1983: no. 126.

2000

  • Modern Art and America: Alfred Stieglitz and His New York Galleries. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001: no. 181.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 1546.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, center verso, in graphite: 16 7/16 - 20 11/16
by Doris Bry, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 95-C

Wikidata ID

Q64035709

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Lifetime Exhibitions

A print from the same negative—perhaps a photograph from the Gallery’s collection—appeared in the following exhibition(s) during Alfred Stieglitz’s lifetime:

possibly 1934, New York (no. 57, as Door to Kitchen, Lake George, 1934)

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