Equivalent, Set C2 No. 2
1929
Artist, American, 1864 - 1946
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): 11.9 x 9.3 cm (4 11/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
mount: 34.8 x 27.4 cm (13 11/16 x 10 13/16 in.) -
Accession
1949.3.1034
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Stieglitz Estate Number
216B
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Key Set Number
1254
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1958
Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 16–April 27, 1958
2005
Visual Music, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, 2005
2012
Starstruck: The Fine Art of Astrophotography, Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, ME, 2012
Bibliography
2002
Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 1254.
Inscriptions
by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: Set C2 [2 in subscript] No.2
by Georgia OKeeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite, underlined: 216-B
by later hand, on mount, lower right verso, in graphite: 022
Wikidata ID
Q64036313
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Remarks
For information about the date of this photograph, see Key Set number 1253.
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 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 49.55.31 (inscribed: Set C1 No. 2)