Poplars—Lake George

1935

Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 23.9 × 18.7 cm (9 7/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
    mount: 52.3 × 42 cm (20 9/16 × 16 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1949.3.750

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    21E

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1575

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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. 1575.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper center verso, in graphite: [star] E; upper center verso, in graphite, inverted: 16 7/16 - 20 11/16
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 21E

Wikidata ID

Q64035652

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

The dates for this photograph and Key Set numbers 1576 and 1577 are based on the condition of the dying poplar trees (see, for comparison, Key Set numbers 1467–1470, 1475, 1502, and 1550–1552).

Other Collections

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

The Art Institute of Chicago, 1991.291

Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, 20014611

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