Equivalent
1931
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): 11.8 x 8.9 cm (4 5/8 x 3 1/2 in.)
mount: 34.8 x 27.5 cm (13 11/16 x 10 13/16 in.) -
Accession
1949.3.1088
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Stieglitz Estate Number
149D
Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition
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Key Set Number
1417
Alfred Stieglitz
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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. 1417.
Inscriptions
by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, center left verso, in graphite: Ex 1932; upper right verso, in blue pencil, circled: BB
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 149-D
Wikidata ID
Q64036437
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Remarks
The “BB” inscription may stand for “Before Boston,” referring to a trip Stieglitz made in the summer of 1931 to visit Dorothy Norman. Several Equivalents at Philadelphia are titled by Stieglitz “Before Boston Series.”
Other Collections
A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):
Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York
Location unknown
Lifetime Exhibitions
A print from the same negative—perhaps a photograph from the Gallery’s collection—appeared in the following exhibition(s) during Alfred Stieglitz’s lifetime: