Peggy Davidson

1922

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a young child standing facing the camera. The child has short, straight hair and large, round eyes. They are dressed in an embroidered garment with floral patterns around the neckline and geometric designs on the sleeves. The child holds objects in both hands, and the background is blurred and dark.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 13 × 9.9 cm (5 1/8 × 3 7/8 in.)
    mount: 34.3 × 27.3 cm (13 1/2 × 10 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.825

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    197E

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    773

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. 1, cat. 773.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 197E

Wikidata ID

Q64035839

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

Elizabeth Margery (Peggy) Davidson was the daughter of Stieglitz’s niece Elizabeth and her husband Donald Douglas Davidson.

“I spent the morning developing snapshots—Peggy Davidson (very Good) —” (Stieglitz to Paul Strand, 12 July 1922 [YCAL and CCP]).

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