The Letterbox

1894, printed 1897

Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photogravure on cream thick slightly textured wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.7 x 14.5 cm (7 3/4 x 5 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 43 x 35.4 cm (16 15/16 x 13 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1949.3.154

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    61C

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    183

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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. 1, cat. 183.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, upper left, printed in black ink: COPYRIGHT 1895 BY ALFRED STIEGLITZ

Wikidata ID

Q64034717

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

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