The Alfred Stieglitz Collection
  • Recto of print
  • Recto of print with original mount
  • Verso of original mount
  • Photomicrograph showing print surface (scale bar is in micrometers)

Gertrude Käsebier (American, 1852–1934)

Alfred Stieglitz, 1902, printed 1906

Platinum print; 30.2 x 23.4 cm (image); 33.6 x 24 cm (paper); 43.2 x 27.9 cm (mount)
Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.862

 

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