Equivalent, Set C2 No. 2

1929

Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • 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

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    216B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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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)


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