Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 11.7 x 9.1 cm (4 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
mount: 34.1 x 27.3 cm (13 7/16 x 10 3/4 in.) -
Accession Number
1949.3.879
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Stieglitz Estate Number
159E
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Key Set Number
915
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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. 915.
Inscriptions
by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: DD1 [1 in subscript]; upper center verso: Top; lower left verso: DD1 [1 in subscript] / 1A
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite, underlined: 159-E
by later hand, on mount, lower right verso, in graphite: 159E
Wikidata ID
Q64035958
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Remarks
The dates for this photograph and Key Set number 916 are based on the mounting materials and type of paper, which are similar to those of other prints from 1923.
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:
The Phillips Collection, Washington, no. 1833 (inscribed: L5 / 8 / N5)