Margaret Prosser

1936

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a woman's upper body and head. She is resting her head on her left hand, with her elbow propped up on a surface. Her facial features include deep-set eyes, a straight nose, and slightly pursed lips. She has short, dark hair that is combed back. She is wearing a light-colored blouse with short sleeves. The setting seems to be indoors, with a shadowy background that features a wall or panel behind her. The light source is coming from the left side, casting shadows and creating a highlighted contrast on her face and blouse. There is no visible jewelry or objects she is holding.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 11.3 × 8.7 cm (4 7/16 × 3 7/16 in.)
    mount: 32 × 25.2 cm (12 5/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.795

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    244D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1604

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

Exhibition History

1958

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

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 1604.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 244D
by later hand, on mount, bottom right verso, in graphite: 027

Wikidata ID

Q64035775

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

The date is based on an inscription by Stieglitz on a variant image at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (no. 87.11), which reads, “For Margaret 1936.”

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