Poplars—Lake George
1935
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
sheet (trimmed to image): 11.9 × 9.2 cm (4 11/16 × 3 5/8 in.)
mount: 32 × 25.15 cm (12 5/8 × 9 7/8 in.) -
Accession
1949.3.755
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Stieglitz Estate Number
194E
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Key Set Number
1577

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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. 1577.
Inscriptions
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 195E
Wikidata ID
Q64035680
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Remarks
The dates for this photograph and Key Set numbers 1575 and 1576 are based on the condition of the dying poplar trees (see, for comparison, Key Set numbers 1467–1470, 1475, 1502, and 1550–1552).
Stieglitz Collections
A corresponding print was given to the following institution(s) by Alfred Stieglitz during his lifetime, or was received or acquired from the estate:
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 25.1950
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1949-18-57