Lake George

1922

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image depicts a black-and-white photograph capturing a vast sky with layered clouds. The horizon is low in the composition, allowing the sky to dominate the frame. Clouds stretch across the image, while the land below forms an uneven silhouette against the cloud formation. The style lacks brushstrokes, appearing soft and billowing. The color palette ranges from deep black in the sky to lighter grays and whites in the clouds. The land is dark, contrasting with the clouds above.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 19.3 x 24 cm (7 5/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
    mount: 56.3 x 46.2 cm (22 3/16 x 18 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.1107

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    26C

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    809

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.

Alfred Stieglitz

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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. 809.

Inscriptions

by later hand, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 26C

Wikidata ID

Q64036478

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For more information about the date of this photograph, see Key Set number 805.

Other Collections

A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1998.126.1

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