Horses—Tirol

1904, printed before 1909

Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photogravure on cream medium weight very smooth wove Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 26 x 34 cm (10 1/4 x 13 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 28.4 x 38 cm (11 3/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
    mount: 63.5 x 43.7 cm (25 x 17 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1949.3.278

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    138E

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    297

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 297.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on backing board, on International Photographic Exhibition (Dresden) label, in black ink: 7) Horses—Tirol (1904) / Alfred Stieglitz / 1111 Madison Avenue, New York / 150 Mark
by later hand, lower left, in graphite: 138-E; on mount, lower right: Cut New Mou / show five 1/8 at top le / More Bottom / XX #7; lower center: #7

Wikidata ID

Q64034789

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

Stieglitz placed a sheet of sandpaper against this print and ran it through a printing press to add texture to the smooth paper.

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