Alfred Stieglitz and Rebecca Strand at Lake George

1922

Paul Strand

Associated Names
Paul Strand

Artist, American, 1890 - 1976

The image shows two individuals captured from the waist up. The person in the forefront is an older man, upright with his head slightly tilted downwards, smiling at the camera. He has a mustache, combed-back hair, pronounced eyebrows, and a lined face. The man wears a sleeveless, dark tank top with light-colored trim along the straps. Resting her head on his chest is a woman with her eyes closed. Her head is tilted back slightly, and her hair is short and appears damp. She is also in a sleeveless tank top. The background is blurred but suggests an outdoor setting with a body of water, a wooden structure on the right, and a thick rope running horizontally across.
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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Strand Archive, Aperture Foundation, Millerton, NY; Southwestern Bell Corporation, St. Louis, MO; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Greenough 1990, p. 157, illus. p.154.

  • Paul Strand: An American Vision, National Gallery of Art; The Art Institute of Chicago; Saint Louis Art Museum; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco; Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990 - 1992, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1990

  • Greenough 1990, p. 157, illus. p.154.

Inscriptions

by later hand, center verso in graphite: Stieglitz + ? / ask Naomi R; by later hand, center verso in graphite: Rebecca; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: MEH-17

Wikidata ID

Q64158646

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