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A black-and-white photograph portrays goats laying down near the edge of the Seine river.

A black-and-white photograph portrays a large pack of goats laying down on a tree lined, dirt path near the edge of the Seine river. A paved road runs parallel to the dirt path. In the distance is a small boat with smoke plumes coming out of the exhaust. Two small, empty, row boats float in the Seine close to the bank.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2010.538.8
People
Alfred Stieglitz, American (Hoboken, N.J., USA 1864 - 1946 New York, N.Y., USA)
Title
On the Seine - Near Paris
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Picturesque Bits of New York and Other Studies
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1897
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/336787

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Photogravure
Dimensions
16.8 x 26.7 cm (6 5/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
sheet: 40.5 x 50.8 cm (15 15/16 x 20 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, t.r., in graphite: Z1627

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Lee Gallery, Winchester, Massachusetts] sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2010.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard and Ronay Menschel Fund for the Acquisition of Photographs
Accession Year
2010
Object Number
2010.538.8
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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