The Alfred Stieglitz Collection
  • Recto of print
  • Recto of print with original mount
  • Photomicrograph showing print surface (scale bar is in millimeters)
  • Photomicrograph showing print surface (scale bar is in micrometers)
  • Photomicrograph of artist’s monogram in lower left corner of print (scale bar is in millimeters)

F. Holland Day (American, 1864–1933)

Menelek, 1896/1902

Platinum print; 14.7 x 11.5 cm (image/paper); 14.8 x 11.7 cm (primary support); 36.2 x 27.4 cm (secondary support)
Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.859

 

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