Songs of the Sky and Trees

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 8.7 cm (4 5/8 x 3 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 12.6 x 10.2 cm (4 15/16 x 4 in.)
    mount: 34.3 x 27.7 cm (13 1/2 x 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.907

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    223D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    887

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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. 887.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 223D

Wikidata ID

Q64036026

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

The title and date are based on similarities of subject matter and composition to Key Set numbers 876–881. Further, the mounting materials are consistent with those used by Stieglitz in 1923.

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