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Alfred Stieglitz

The Letterbox, 1894, printed 1897

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portfolio Title

Picturesque Bits of New York and Other Studies

Medium

photogravure on cream thick slightly textured wove paper

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.)

Credit Line

Alfred Stieglitz Collection

Accession Number

1949.3.154

Stieglitz Estate Number

61C

Key Set Number

183

Artists / Makers

Alfred Stieglitz (artist) American, 1864 - 1946

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Remarks

For more information about this photograph, see Key Set number 181.

For Stieglitz's description of Gutach, where this view was made, see Key Set number 171.

Inscription

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

Provenance

Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

O'Keeffe, Georgia

Bibliography

2002: Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 183.