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Nature

Alice Boughton; Alfred Stieglitz

Artwork Details

Nature
1901
Alice Boughton; Alfred Stieglitz
photogravure on paper
12 7/16 in x 9 1/16 in x 7/16 in (31.59 cm x 23.02 cm x 1.11 cm)
Gift of The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation, in memory of Morris D. Baker, a graduate of The University of Michigan School of Architecture, 1952
2000/2.141.4

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Description

Subject Matter:

In this photograph, a woman and a young child stand left of center, embracing. The woman wears a long, light, patterned dress with draped sleeves. The female child is nude. The title of this image, "Nature," prompts the viewer to contrast the nude youth to the clothed adult woman. A large tree forms the central focus of the natural backdrop of this photograph, which appears staged.

Physical Description:

Two figures stand against a tree, hugging. One is a clothed adult woman and the other is a nude, young, female child.

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