Back of Little House
1934
Artist, American, 1864 - 1946
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 24.3 × 19.2 cm (9 9/16 × 7 9/16 in.)
mount: 51.3 × 40.5 cm (20 3/16 × 15 15/16 in.) -
Accession
1949.3.770
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Stieglitz Estate Number
17A
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Key Set Number
1553
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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. 1553.
Inscriptions
by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper center, in graphite, inverted:15 7/8 - 20 3/8; center, in graphite, inverted: cut 2
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 17A
by Doris Bry, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 17-A
Wikidata ID
Q64035715
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:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, YCAL MSS 85, box 125, folder 2488
Library of Congress, Washington, PH-55 B
Other Collections
A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):
The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1935.53 (inscribed: The Weathervane—/ Lake George—1934 by Alfred Stieglitz)
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. 50, as Back of Little House, 1934)
1934, Cleveland (no. 55, as The Weathervane, 1934)