Songs of the Sky D1
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
sheet (trimmed to image): 11.7 x 9.1 cm (4 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
mount: 34.3 x 27.6 cm (13 1/2 x 10 7/8 in.) -
Accession
1949.3.869
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Stieglitz Estate Number
160B
Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition
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Key Set Number
905
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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. 905.
Inscriptions
by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite, underlined: Top; upper center verso: Top; lower left verso: D1 [1 in subscript]
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 160B; lower right verso: 160B
by later hand, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 1
Wikidata ID
Q64035937
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Remarks
The dates for this photograph and Key Set numbers 906–914 are based on mounting materials, method of presentation, and inscriptions on other prints made from the same negatives.
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:
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 52.1841 (oriented 180° and inscribed: Set H, Print 2, 1923)