Equivalent K1

1929

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a cloudy sky with no visible horizon. The clouds cover the upper right portion in various shades of gray with bright areas where light shines through. The left side is in deep shadows, creating a contrast with the illuminated sections. The overall palette is monochromatic with blacks, grays, and whites, capturing movement and tension in the sky. The high contrast between light and darkness is highlighted by smooth gradation of tones across the clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 11.8 x 9.2 cm (4 5/8 x 3 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.1113

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    232A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1261

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

2002

  • Alfred Stieglitz: Known and Unknown, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, June 2–September 2, 2002; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 6, 2002–January 5, 2003

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 1261.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper right verso, in graphite: K1 [1 in superscript]
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 232A
by later hand, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: X

Wikidata ID

Q64036493

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

The dates for this photograph and Key Set numbers 1262 and 1263 are based on similarities to other prints dated 1929. Like other series from this year, such as HH1–3 (Key Set numbers 1258–1260) and Equivalents W1–5 (Key Set numbers 1277–1281), set K is composed of a symmetrical sequence of similar images.

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