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Materials Research

As part of the research related to this site, forty-four photographs from the Art Institute’s Stieglitz Collection have undergone a material-based analysis. The works chosen for this reflect the collection’s range; included are at least one work from nearly every artist, one of each medium, and one from each phase of Stieglitz’s career. In addition, certain unique photographic objects (for example, Edward Steichen’s pair of gum-platinum prints of Midnight—Lake George) were selected. The results for each of the forty-four objects, including a technical summary and data from the nondestructive methods used by the Art Institute’s conservation scientists, are included in the Object Research PDF found on the individual artwork pages. To learn more about the methods used by conservators to generate these analyses, read the About Materials Research tab.

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Ansel Adams

Architecture, Early California Cemetery, 1932/36, printed 1936

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Alfred Stieglitz

The Net Mender, 1894

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Alfred Stieglitz

The Hand of Man, 1902, printed 1920/39

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Edward Steichen

Midnight Lake George, 1904

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F. Holland Day

Menelek, 1896/1902

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Heinrich Kühn

Portrait of Young Boy with Arm Across Back of Chair (Hans Kühn), c. 1906

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Alfred Stieglitz

Georgia O’Keeffe—Hands and Thimble, 1919

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Alfred Stieglitz

Equivalent, 1923

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Frederick H. Evans

Piscina in Chancel of Little Snoring Church, Norfolk, England, c. 1905

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Edward Steichen

Kitty and Alfred Stieglitz, 1905

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Julia Margaret Cameron

Sir John Herschel, 1867, printed 1875

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Paul Strand

Porch Shadows, 1916

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James Craig Annan

Bolney Backwater, c. 1908

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Frank Eugene

La Cigale, 1898

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Frank Eugene

La Cigale, 1898

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David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson

Portrait of Two Men (John Henning and Alexander Handyside Ritchie), c. 1845, printed 1890/1900

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David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson

Mrs. Anna Brownell Jameson, 1844

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Alfred Stieglitz

An Icy Night, New York, 1898

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Alfred Stieglitz

A Street in Sterzing, The Tyrol, 1890

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Alfred Stieglitz

From the Back-Window “291” Snow-Covered Tree, Back-Yard, 1915

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Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen

John Marin, 1910, printed by Alfred Stieglitz

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Alfred Stieglitz

Rebecca Salsbury Strand, 1922

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Alfred Stieglitz

Dorothy True, 1919

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Alfred Stieglitz

Gable and Apples, 1922

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Alfred Stieglitz

Poplars—Lake George, 1935

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Alfred Stieglitz

Georgia O’Keeffe, 1918

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Alfred Stieglitz

Georgia O’Keeffe – Feet, 1918

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Alfred Stieglitz

Georgia O’Keeffe, 1918

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Alfred Stieglitz

From My Window at An American Place, North, 1930/31

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Alfred Stieglitz

Equivalent, 1930

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Edward Steichen

Self-Portrait with Brush and Palette, 1902

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Edward Steichen

Rodin, Le Penseur, 1902

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Edward Steichen

Portrait of Alfred Stieglitz, 1915

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Edward Steichen

Portrait of Clarence White, 1908

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Edward Steichen

Midnight Lake George, 1904

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Clarence H. White

Sunlight, 1899, printed 1901

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Clarence H. White

Girl with Muff, 1906

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F. Holland Day

Study of Head of Christ, 1898

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Heinrich Kühn

The Artist’s Umbrella (Der Malschirm), 1908

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Heinrich Kühn

Portrait of Stieglitz, 1900/10

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Edward Steichen

The Pool, 1899

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Edward Steichen

Clara Steichen with Bowl of Oranges, 1907

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