Songs of the Sky A2
1923
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
image: 9 x 11.7 cm (3 9/16 x 4 5/8 in.)
sheet: 10.1 x 12.8 cm (4 x 5 1/16 in.)
mount: 34.2 x 27.5 cm (13 7/16 x 10 13/16 in.) -
Accession
1949.3.846
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Stieglitz Estate Number
155D
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Key Set Number
890
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2010
Alfred Stieglitz: The Lake George Years, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2010
Bibliography
2002
Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 890.
2010
Annear, Judy, ed. Alfred Stieglitz: The Lake George Years. Exh. cat. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2010.
Inscriptions
by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: A2 [2 in subscript]
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 155D
Wikidata ID
Q64035888
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Remarks
The dates for this photograph and Key Set numbers 891–897 (Songs of the Sky A2–9) are based on the mounting materials and method of presentation, which are similar to those of other dated prints from 1923.
Stieglitz Collections
A corresponding print was given to the following institution(s) by Alfred Stieglitz during his lifetime, or was received or acquired from the estate:
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Ph-177