Back of Little House

1933

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a house's rooftop, featuring a brick chimney and a weather vane on a shingled gable roof. The photo is presented in black and white, highlighting textures such as shingles, bricks, and wooden siding. The focus is on the roofline, with no visible horizon. In the distance, bare trees contrast against the sky. Low sunlight creates shadows on the wooden walls and through a window.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 18.9 × 24.1 cm (7 7/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
    mount: 52.8 × 41.8 cm (20 13/16 × 16 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.769

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    14D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1511

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. 1511.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 14D

Wikidata ID

Q64035714

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:

Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1949-18-73

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:

1934, New York (no. 49, as Back of Little House, 1933)

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