Songs of the Sky G2

1923

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows an overhead view of dark and dramatic clouds filling the frame. There is no visible horizon, and the clouds appear dense, swirling, and coalescing into a mass with a painterly quality. The color palette is monochrome with shades of grey, black, and white, emphasizing contrast and texture within the clouds. Light subtly emerges through some sections of the clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 11.8 x 9.2 cm (4 5/8 x 3 5/8 in.)
    mount: 34.2 x 27.7 cm (13 7/16 x 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.1110

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    218B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    933

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.

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. 933.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: G2 [2 in subscript]
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 218-B

Wikidata ID

Q64036489

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

Ths photograph and Key Set number 932 are made from the same negative, but have different Stieglitz Estate numbers.

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