A Venetian Well, 1894, printed 1895/1896

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Other Collections

A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):

National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2006.3.1.6

Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1995-2-14 [lantern slide]

Lifetime Exhibitions

A print from the same negative—perhaps a photograph from the Gallery’s collection—appeared in the following exhibition(s) during Alfred Stieglitz’s lifetime:

1899, Philadelphia (no. 283, as A Venetian Courtyard)
1899, New York, Camera Club (no. 66, as Venetian Courtyard, 1894, platinum)
1934, New York (no. 11, as Venetian Well, 1894, or no. 22, as Venetian Well II, 1894, gelatin silver)

Lifetime Publications

A reproduction of this work appeared in the following publication(s) during Alfred Stieglitz’s lifetime:

The Artist 26 (November 1899): lvi (ill., A Venetian Courtyard)

Photo Era 3 (December 1899): 510 (ill., A Venetian Courtyard)

Joseph Prince Loud, “The Second Philadelphia Salon,” Photo Era 3 (December 1899): 510 (ill., A Venetian Courtyard)

Inscription

by Alfred Stieglitz, on interleaving tissue, upper right, in graphite: A Venetian Well / 1894.

Provenance

Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.

Exhibition History

2002

Alfred Stieglitz: Known and Unknown, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, June 2–September 2, 2002; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 6, 2002–January 5, 2003

Bibliography

2002

Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 162.

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