Equivalents

1927

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): 9.3 x 11.8 cm (3 11/16 x 4 5/8 in.)
    mount: 34.2 x 27.2 cm (13 7/16 x 10 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1949.3.998

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    221E

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1212

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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. 1212.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper center verso, in graphite: Top / (But may go any way); lower left verso: Equivalents / 1927; lower right verso: g-1
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 221E
by later hand, on mount, lower right verso, in graphite: Change to 2

Wikidata ID

Q64036234

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

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:

George Eastman Museum, Rochester, 74:0052:0004

Other Collections

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

Collection of Gary B. Sokol

Collection of Richard and Ronay Menschel (oriented 90° counter-clockwise and inscribed: 1927)

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, 2003.1.10

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 84.XM.914.4 (inscribed: 1929 / For Dorothy Brett / Alfred Stieglitz / March 27/30)

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, PHO 2003 8 17

Saint Louis Art Museum, 17:1982 (inscribed: 1927)

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, E.892-2003 (oriented 90° clockwise and inscribed: Either side is “Top” / 1927) and E.893-2003 (inscribed: Equivalents 1927)

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