Songs of the Sky M3

1923

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): 11.7 x 9.2 cm (4 5/8 x 3 5/8 in.)
    mount: 34.3 x 27.6 cm (13 1/2 x 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1949.3.1118

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    217A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    938

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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. 938.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: M3 [3 in superscript]
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite, underlined: 217-A

Wikidata ID

Q64036507

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

This photograph and Key Set numbers 936 and 937 are dated based on their relationship to Key Set number 939.

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 Phillips Collection, Washington, nos. 1850 (inscribed: L1 / N1) and 1851 (inscribed: L2 / N2)

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