House on the Hill, Lake George

1922/1924

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a classic two-story wooden house with an expansive porch adorned with climbing plants. The house features a prominent gable roof, brick chimney, and symmetrical windows on both levels. A tall tree is to the left of the house. The horizon blends with softly rolling hills under a cloud-speckled sky. The scene is in black and white, creating a timeless quality. In the foreground, there is an uneven grassy incline leading up to the house.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 8.6 × 11.6 cm (3 3/8 × 4 9/16 in.)
    mount: 31.7 × 24.7 cm (12 1/2 × 9 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.693

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    239D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    817

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. 817.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 239 D

Wikidata ID

Q64035507

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

The dates for this photograph and Key Set number 816 are based on the inscription on the Beinecke Library's print of Key Set number 815 and similarity of the photographic materials to those of other prints from the early 1920s.

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