Songs of the Sky

1923

Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

Alfred Stieglitz

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 11.7 x 9.3 cm (4 5/8 x 3 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 13.8 x 9.8 cm (5 7/16 x 3 7/8 in.)
    mount: 34.2 x 27.5 cm (13 7/16 x 10 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.839

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    162C

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    926

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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. 2, cat. 926.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper center verso, in graphite, underlined: Top; lower left verso: "Songs of the Sky" / 1923
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 162C

Wikidata ID

Q64035871

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

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:

George Eastman Museum, Rochester, 74:0052:0011 (oriented 90° clockwise)


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