Jean Toomer
1925
Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image (visible): 23.9 × 19.2 cm (9 7/16 × 7 9/16 in.)
mat: 52.1 × 39.8 cm (20 1/2 × 15 11/16 in.) -
Accession
1949.3.639
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Stieglitz Estate Number
31C
Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition
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Key Set Number
1077

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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. 2, cat. 1077.
Inscriptions
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, center left verso, in graphite: Jean Toomer / Lake George; bottom left verso, in graphite: 31C
Wikidata ID
Q64035361
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Remarks
Jean Toomer, author of the acclaimed novel Cane (1923), visited Stieglitz and O’Keeffe at Lake George in September and October 1925.