Oscar Bluemner

1913

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows an upper-body photograph of a man facing the camera. The focus is on his face, which has strong and defined features partially obscured by shadows. His eyes are prominent and appear to gaze at the viewer. The man wears a bowler hat, with short hair visible beneath it and a mustache. He is dressed in a suit with a shirt and tie. He holds a smoking pipe in his mouth. The background is out of focus, suggesting an indoor setting with faint abstract shapes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 24.7 × 19.6 cm (9 3/4 × 7 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.332

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    87D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    383

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. 383.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, center verso, in graphite: Oscar Bluemner / 1912 / Exhibition 1921
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 87 D
by later hand, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 2 [in square]

Wikidata ID

Q64034844

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

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:

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 50.836

Other Collections

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

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1978.70

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:

1921, New York (no. 25, as Oscar Bluemner, 1913)

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