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): 11.8 x 9.2 cm (4 5/8 x 3 5/8 in.)
mount: 34.9 x 27.5 cm (13 3/4 x 10 13/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1949.3.1086
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Stieglitz Estate Number
149B
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Key Set Number
1415
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2012
Starstruck: The Fine Art of Astrophotography, Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, ME, 2012
Bibliography
2002
Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 1415.
Inscriptions
by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 1931
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 149B
Wikidata ID
Q64036432
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:
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 29.1950 (inscribed: 1931)
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1949-18-87 (inscribed: 1931)
Other Collections
A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):
Normandie Foundation
Location unknown