Equivalent

probably 1925

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): 11.8 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

    1949.3.1140

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    259B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1097

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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. 1097.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: G
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 259B

Wikidata ID

Q64036553

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

The date is based on the similarities of the cloud patterns and inscription to those of other prints dated 1925.

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:

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, YCAL MSS 85, box 121, folder 2447 (inscribed: G2 [crossed out])

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