The Alfred Stieglitz Collection
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Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946)

The City of Ambitions, 1910

Photogravure; 33.9 x 26.1 cm (image); 40 x 28.1 cm (paper); 44.9 x 36.4 cm (mount)
Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.836

 

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