Portrait of Alfred Stieglitz
Portrait of Alfred Stieglitz
Artist
Florine Stettheimer
(1871 - 1944)
Depicted
Alfred Stieglitz
(1864 - 1946)
Date1928
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions38 x 26 1/4 in. (96.5 x 66.7 cm)
Framed: 41 3/4 × 29 3/4 × 1 7/8 in.
Framed: 41 3/4 × 29 3/4 × 1 7/8 in.
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineAlfred Stieglitz Collection, Co-owned by Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
Signedl.r.: Florine Stettheimer
Accession number
ASC.2012.75
On View
Not on viewCollections
Label TextFlorine Stettheimer made this painting as a gift for Alfred Stieglitz. Before seeing the portrait, Georgia O’Keeffe wrote to Stettheimer in 1928: "I am very curious about it. He is so many contradictory things that I can't help wondering what you chose to put down. You undoubtedly don't see him as I do; no reason why you should.”
Stettheimer replied: “I don't think I have painted your special Stieglitz. I imagine I tried to do his own special Stieglitz, but probably I only achieved my special Stieglitz.”
Florine Stettheimer realizó este cuadro como un regalo para Alfred Stieglitz. En 1928, antes de ver el retrato, Georgia O’Keeffe le escribió a Stettheimer: “Siento mucha curiosidad. Él es tantas cosas contradictorias que no puedo evitar preguntarme qué decidiste presentar. Sin duda, no lo ves como yo; no hay razón para que lo hagas.”
Stettheimer respondió: “No creo haber pintado a tu Stieglitz particular. Supongo que traté de hacer su propio Stieglitz particular, pero probablemente sólo logré mi Stieglitz particular.”
