Lake George

1922

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

This image shows a landscape with hills or mountains in silhouette against a cloudy sky. The land is dark with various tones of black and deep gray. The sky above the horizon is filled with textured clouds in light and dark gray tones, with a bright circle indicating the sun or moon shining through. The image is in black and white, emphasizing contrast and texture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 18.8 x 24 cm (7 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
    mount: 56.6 x 46.3 cm (22 5/16 x 18 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.1104

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    29B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    805

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. 805.

Inscriptions

by later hand, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 29B / 29B

Wikidata ID

Q64036474

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

This photograph and Key Set numbers 806–812 are dated based on their relationship to prints in Music—A Sequence of Ten Cloud Photographs, Nos. I–X (Key Set numbers 792–802).

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:

National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Ph-176

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