Songs of the Sky XX2 or Equivalent XX2

1923 or 1929

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): 11.7 x 9.2 cm (4 5/8 x 3 5/8 in.)
    mount: 34.2 x 27.6 cm (13 7/16 x 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.943

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    251B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    952

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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. 952.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: XX2 [2 in subscript]
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 251-B

Wikidata ID

Q64036109

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

The identity and location of XX1 are unknown. This set is not related to Series XX from 1929 (Key Set numbers 1284–1292).

Other Collections

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

Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York (oriented 90° clockwise)

Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, FA 96.117

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