Door to Kitchen, Lake George

1934

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

This is a photograph of a building entrance with a small gabled porch. The image depicts a structured scene featuring a section of a wooden-clad building facade with horizontal planks. Dominating the middle of the composition is a small gable roof protruding from the main structure, covering an entranceway. The entrance framework includes a doorway which is only partially visible due to the shadowing effect of the roof. A grassy patch lies in the foreground, while the walls are painted in light tones that enhance the contrast in the image created by shadows.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 23.6 × 18.8 cm (9 5/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
    mount: 50.9 × 39.3 cm (20 1/16 × 15 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.767

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    22B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1547

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. 1547.

Wikidata ID

Q64035711

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Stieglitz Collections

A corresponding print was given to the following institution(s) by Alfred Stieglitz during his lifetime, or was received or acquired from the estate:

The Art Institute of Chicago, 1949.771

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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