Excavating, New York

1911, printed 1929/1932

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): 8.6 × 11.4 cm (3 3/8 × 4 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1949.3.325

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    126D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    355

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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. 1, cat. 355.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 126 D

Wikidata ID

Q64034837


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