Poplars, Lake George

1933

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 × 19.1 cm (9 7/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
    mount: 53 × 39.1 cm (20 7/8 × 15 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1949.3.747

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    21D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1500

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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. 1500.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper center verso, in graphite, inverted: 4 9; center right verso, in graphite: 15 3/4 x 20 7/8 / 15A
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, bottom left verso, in graphite: 21D

Wikidata ID

Q64035645

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Other Collections

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

The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1939.163 (inscribed: To Cary Ross— / who in September 1933 / said he enjoyed this photograph.— / Alfred Stieglitz / May 23/34 / An American Place / Trees—Lake George / Alfred Stieglitz / For Cary Ross.— / Stieglitz)

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