Equivalent
1925/1927
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): 11.7 x 9.3 cm (4 5/8 x 3 11/16 in.)
mount: 34.8 x 27.2 cm (13 11/16 x 10 11/16 in.) -
Accession
1949.3.1182
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Stieglitz Estate Number
145C
Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition
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Key Set Number
1128
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1995
Alfred Stieglitz at Lake George, Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 14, 1995–January 2, 1996
Bibliography
1995
Alfred Stieglitz at Lake George. Exh. cat. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1995: 105.
2002
Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 1128.
Inscriptions
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 145C [underlined]
Wikidata ID
Q64036653
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
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 Museum of Modern Art, New York, 93.1943.2 (inscribed: An Equivalent in a Series of 2 Equivalents / X + Y (1923–1938) / This is Y)
Other Collections
A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1997-146-20 (oriented 180°)
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 2011.212.3, 2011.212.4 (oriented 90°), and 2016.101.254
Location unknown