Songs of the Sky P5
1923
Alfred Stieglitz
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): 9.2 x 11.8 cm (3 5/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
mount: 34.3 x 27.6 cm (13 1/2 x 10 7/8 in.) -
Accession Number
1949.3.888
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Stieglitz Estate Number
260E
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Key Set Number
886
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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. 886.
Inscriptions
by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: P5 [5 in subscript]; upper center verso: Top; lower left verso: P5 [5 in subscript]
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 260E
Wikidata ID
Q64035978Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Remarks
This photograph and Key Set numbers 882, 883, 884, and 885 came to the National Gallery of Art in a presentation folder inscribed by Stieglitz: Songs of the Sky, P1–P5, 1923.
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:
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 52.1845