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Alfred Stieglitz

Songs of the Sky B1, 1923

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Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to image): 11.8 x 9.2 cm (4 5/8 x 3 5/8 in.)
mount: 34.3 x 27.5 cm (13 1/2 x 10 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Alfred Stieglitz Collection

Accession Number

1949.3.854

Stieglitz Estate Number

157B

Key Set Number

898

Artists / Makers

Alfred Stieglitz (artist) American, 1864 - 1946

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Remarks

The dates for this photograph and Key Set numbers 899–904 (Songs of the Sky B_1–7) are based on the mounting materials and type of paper, which are similar to those of other dated prints from 1923.

Inscription

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: Top / B1 [1 in subscript]; upper center verso: Top / B1 [1 in subscript]

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 157B

by later hand, on mount, lower right verso, in graphite: 157B

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. 2, cat. 898.