The Alfred Stieglitz Collection
  • Recto of print
  • Verso of print

Clarence H. White (American, 1871–1925)

The Fountain, 1905/1906

Platinum print; 24.8 x 19.9 cm (image); 43.7 x 33.4 cm (mount)
Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.852

 

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