Equivalent
1925
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): 9.2 x 11.8 cm (3 5/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
mount: 34.3 x 27.7 cm (13 1/2 x 10 7/8 in.) -
Accession
1949.3.930
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Stieglitz Estate Number
168E
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Key Set Number
1111
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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. 1111.
Inscriptions
by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: G1 [1 in subscript] Georgia's A+1 / 1925 / A+1; center verso: Top
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 168E
Wikidata ID
Q64036082
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Remarks
Based on similar inscriptions on other prints such as Key Set numbers 1097, 1112, 1114, 1116, 1117, and 1118, “G1” and “G2” seem to indicate O’Keeffe’s ranking of the print or image, similar to Stieglitz’s own use of “A,” “A+,” or “A+1.”
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:
Fisk University, Nashville, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, ASC.2012.92
George Eastman Museum, Rochester, 74:0052:0021
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 32.1950