The Letterbox
1894, printed 1897
Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

Artwork overview
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Medium
photogravure on cream thick slightly textured wove paper
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Credit Line
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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
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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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