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): 11.9 x 9.2 cm (4 11/16 x 3 5/8 in.)
mount: 34.8 x 27.5 cm (13 11/16 x 10 13/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1949.3.1015
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Stieglitz Estate Number
144D
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Key Set Number
1274
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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. 1274.
Inscriptions
by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: T2 [2 in subscript]
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 144D
Wikidata ID
Q64036273
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Remarks
The patterns of the clouds and the stark contrast in this photograph and Key Set numbers 1272, 1273, and 1275 are characteristic of other prints made in 1929.
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:
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1949-18-86
Other Collections
A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, 2005.27.4390
Location unknown