The Little House, Lake George

1936

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a small white building with a gabled roof. Trees and greenery fill the background. A patch of grass with a wooden post is in the foreground. A bench near the building's entrance casts shadows. A weathervane is on the roof, and electrical wires stretch across the sky. The image is in black and white.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 9.4 × 11.7 cm (3 11/16 × 4 5/8 in.)
    mount: 31.7 × 25 cm (12 1/2 × 9 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.789

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    242C

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1594

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. 1594.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 242C

Wikidata ID

Q64035759

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 122, folder 2459

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