Poplars—Lake George
1936
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): 11.5 × 9.1 cm (4 1/2 × 3 9/16 in.)
mount: 33.2 × 26.4 cm (13 1/16 × 10 3/8 in.) -
Accession
1949.3.757
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Stieglitz Estate Number
195B
Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition
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Key Set Number
1595
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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. 1595.
Inscriptions
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 195B
Wikidata ID
Q64035684
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Remarks
The dates for this photograph and Key Set numbers 1596, 1597, 1598, and 1599 are based on the condition of the dying poplar trees (see, for comparison, Key Set numbers 1467–1470, 1475, 1502, 1550–1552, 1575–1577), and references in the Stieglitz–O’Keeffe correspondence (YCAL).
Other Collections
A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):
Private collection
Lifetime Exhibitions
A print from the same negative—perhaps a photograph from the Gallery’s collection—appeared in the following exhibition(s) during Alfred Stieglitz’s lifetime:
possibly 1942, New York (as Dying Poplars, Lake George, 1936)