Untitled (Marie Rapp Boursault and her daughter Yvonne)
Artist
Alfred Stieglitz
(American, 1864 - 1946)
Date1923
Mediumgelatin silver print and stationary
DimensionsImage: 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (10.8 × 8.3 cm)
Support: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
Mat: 18 × 14 in. (45.7 × 35.6 cm)
Support: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
Mat: 18 × 14 in. (45.7 × 35.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Yvonne Fairchild, ca 2002-2005
Object numberFIC6.2009
DescriptionA woman in bathing suit and cap holds a small child on her lap; they are seated on a wooden dock. The photograph is mounted on writing paper that was folded to enclose the print.eMuseum Notes
Yvonne Boursault Fairchild was the daughter of George Boursault and Marie Rapp. Marie Rapp was Stieglitz's part‑time secretary at 291 in 1911, beginning when she was eighteen. This photograph was made during the family's visit to Lake George, New York, at the Stieglitz's family compound. During the summer of 1923, Stieglitz made nearly fifty photographs of Yvonne, ppossiblyas an exploration of his idea of the serial portrait that would capture a subject in a succession of images from birth to death.
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