Peggy Davidson

1924

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a close-up view of the upper part of a child's body. The child is facing slightly upward and to the side. She has short, slightly wavy light-colored hair and facial features including a small nose, full cheeks, and slightly parted lips. The child is wearing a light-colored garment and a beaded necklace around her neck. The background is a clear, light sky, with no other objects or people visible.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 11.3 x 8.9 cm (4 7/16 x 3 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.603

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    198A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1041

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

1983

  • Lowe, Sue Davidson. Stieglitz: A Memoir/Biography. New York, 1983: pl. 18.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 1041.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 198A

Wikidata ID

Q64035275

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

“I have two [photographs] of Peggy with beads & draped in her bathing towel ready for you. The small one in which she moved a trifle or rather in which the focus is not sharp. It’s nevertheless a delight. You’ll enjoy it. G. says it’s prophetic. Maybe. I don’t know anything outside of the fact that photographing is a torture to me & I know what I’m after . . .” Stieglitz to Elizabeth and Donald Davidson, 3 August 1924 (YCAL).

Other Collections

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Collection of Betsy Karel

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