Songs of the Sky M1

1923

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): 11.5 x 9 cm (4 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.)
    mount: 34.2 x 27.6 cm (13 7/16 x 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1949.3.1116

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    219A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    936

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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. 936.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: M1 [1 in superscript]
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 219-A

Wikidata ID

Q64036498

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

This photograph and Key Set numbers 937 and 938 are dated based on their relationship to Key Set number 939.

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