Charles Demuth

1915, printed 1924/1937

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image depicts a man in a formal outfit with a serious expression, facing directly towards the camera with his arms crossed. He has defined features, a mustache, and slicked-back dark hair. He is wearing a dark coat over a white shirt and tie, with a scarf or cravat around his neck. In the background, there is a blurred framed artwork, suggesting a studio or gallery setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 22.6 × 18.5 cm (8 7/8 × 7 5/16 in.)
    mount: 56.5 × 46.2 cm (22 1/4 × 18 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.355

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    82B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    395

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. 395.

Inscriptions

by later hand, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 82 - B

Wikidata ID

Q64034867

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

In the background of this photograph and Key Set numbers 394, 396, and 397 is Picasso’s charcoal drawing Head of a Man, 1912 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), exhibited at 291 from 12 to 26 January 1915.

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