Songs of the Sky B6

1923

Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

Alfred Stieglitz

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 9.3 x 11.8 cm (3 11/16 x 4 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 10.2 x 22.7 cm (4 x 8 15/16 in.)
    mount: 34.3 x 27.6 cm (13 1/2 x 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.859

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    158B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    903

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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. 903.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: Top / B6 [6 in subscript]; upper center verso: Top / B6 [6 in subscript]
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 158-B
by later hand, on mount, lower right verso, on linen tape in graphite, arrow pointing up: ^

Wikidata ID

Q64035914

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For more information about the date of this print, see Key Set number 898.

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