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The Pines Whisper

George Seeley American
1904
Not on view
Eschewing professional models, most Photo-Secession photographers preferred working with family and close friends who were sympathetic to their aesthetic aims. In The Pines Whisper, Seeley’s youngest sister, Laura, and a friend pose in a loosely draped dark cloth that protects their embrace and, rendered in soft focus so as to meld with the hazy landscape, conveys a bond of sympathy between man and nature.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Pines Whisper
  • Artist: George Seeley (American, 1880–1955)
  • Date: 1904
  • Medium: Platinum print
  • Dimensions: 22.0 x 18.7 cm. (8 11/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1933
  • Object Number: 33.43.325
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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