Songs of the Sky or Equivalent
1923/1931
Artist, American, 1864 - 1946
Alfred Stieglitz
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 27.5 cm (13 7/16 x 10 13/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1949.3.950
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Stieglitz Estate Number
217E
Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition
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Key Set Number
930
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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. 930.
Inscriptions
by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper center verso, in graphite: Top
by later hands, on mount, upper center verso, in graphite: Show / B-11; center verso, crossed out: N6; lower left verso: DDD1 [crossed out] / DDD1 / [?] 1AA
Wikidata ID
Q64036127
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Other Collections
A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 1998.72
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1983-204-3 (inscribed: For Dorothy—August 13—1932)