A Bit of Venice

1894, printed 1895/1896

Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 10.9 × 15.6 cm (4 5/16 × 6 1/8 in.)
    page size: 34.8 × 27.3 cm (13 11/16 × 10 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1949.3.132

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    58E

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    147

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1992

  • Stieglitz in the Darkroom, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 4, 1992–February 14, 1993

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 147.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on interleaving tissue, upper right, in graphite: A Bit of Venice, / 1894.

Wikidata ID

Q64037735

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:

George Eastman Museum, Rochester, 83:0660:0012 [lantern slide] (inscribed: 31. Venetian Canal)

Other Collections

A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 361.1976 (inscribed: Venice / By Alfred Stieglitz)

National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2006.3.1.23

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