Two Towers—New York
1911, printed in or before 1913
Artist, American, 1864 - 1946
Artwork overview
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Medium
photogravure on cream moderately thick smooth wove Japanese paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 32.6 x 25.3 cm (12 13/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
sheet: 47.4 x 32.4 cm (18 11/16 x 12 3/4 in.) -
Accession
1949.3.326
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Stieglitz Estate Number
139A
Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition
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Key Set Number
352
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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. 352.
Inscriptions
by Alfred Stieglitz, lower left, in graphite: Two Towers—New York / 1911; lower right: Alfred Stieglitz 1911
on backing board, center verso, on Alfred Stieglitz Collection label, in black ink: Alfred Stieglitz The Two Towers / New York, 1912 / Original Gravure / Proof / Stieglitz Exhibition, Photo-Secession / Gallery, 1913; center verso: [An American Place stamp]; center right verso: 1944 Philadelphia Museum of Art label
by later hand, lower left verso, in graphite: 139A; lower right, in graphite: 2
Wikidata ID
Q64034838
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Remarks
For more information about this photograph, see Key Set number 351.
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 Art Institute of Chicago, 1949.844
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 49.55.19