The Alfred Stieglitz Collection
  • Recto of print
  • Recto of print with original mount
  • Verso of original mount

Frank Eugene (American, 1865–1936)

The Horse, c. 1900

Platinum print; 8.3 x 11.3 cm (image); 9.8 x 15 cm (paper); 33.8 x 27.2 cm (original mount)
Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.831

 

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