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probably 1930

Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

Alfred Stieglitz

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 8.9 × 11.4 cm (3 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.)
    mount: 31.5 × 24.9 cm (12 3/8 × 9 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.813

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    242B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1327

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2010

  • Alfred Stieglitz: The Lake George Years, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2010

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 1327.

2010

  • Annear, Judy, ed. Alfred Stieglitz: The Lake George Years. Exh. cat. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2010.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 242B
by later hand, on mount, upper center verso, in graphite: -4

Wikidata ID

Q64035815

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

The date is based on similarities to Key Set number 1328.

Stieglitz Collections

A corresponding print was given to the following institution(s) by Alfred Stieglitz during his lifetime, or was received or acquired from the estate:

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, YCAL MSS 85, box 122, folder 2460

Other Collections

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

The Adirondack Experience, Blue Mountain Lake, New York

Collection of Richard and Ronay Menschel


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