Songs of the Sky

1924

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a low viewpoint capturing a landscape with a silhouette of a hill sloping upwards to the left. A large dark cloud dominates the sky, with soft billowy texture and sharp edges against a grey sky. The color palette is grayscale, with the cloud in deep black and lighter greys in the sky. In the distance, softer, feather-like clouds can be seen.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 9.2 x 11.7 cm (3 5/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
    mount: 31.7 x 24.7 cm (12 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.893

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    155A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1055

The image shows a man leaning his head on his hand, positioned with his face resting on his left hand. He has a mustache, thin-framed eyeglasses, and thick, greying hair that curls slightly at the edges. He is dressed in a formal jacket, a white shirt, and a black bow tie. The background is a soft, dark blur.

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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. 1055.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 155A
by later hand, on mount, lower right verso, in graphite: 155A

Wikidata ID

Q64035992

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Other Collections

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

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 93.XM.25.17

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