Lake George

1922/1923

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows the sky with dynamic cloud formations. The horizon is visible near the bottom, where a silhouette of a hill and trees can be seen. The clouds have a wispy texture, stretching upwards. The color palette is monochromatic, dominated by shades of gray contrasting the landscape and the sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 24.4 x 19.2 cm (9 5/8 x 7 9/16 in.)
    mount: 56 x 46 cm (22 1/16 x 18 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.915

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    16A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    804

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.

Alfred Stieglitz

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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. 804.

Inscriptions

by later hand, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 16-A

Wikidata ID

Q64036044

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For more information about the date of this photograph, see Key Set number 803.

Other Collections

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

Private collection (inscribed: To Alma Wertheim / from one who seems / ever learning yet never / seems to know anything / except that there are / Very Perfect Moments— / and long, long periods / of Pain— / a moving perhaps / to perfect Moments— / To Alma Wertheim / from Two Children / OK + “291” / May 29—1924. / Our love to the little “Devil” / + all that goes with it)

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