The Alfred Stieglitz Collection
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  • Photomicrograph showing print surface under raking light (scale bar is in millimeters)
  • Photomicrograph showing print surface under raking light (scale bar is in micrometers)

Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946)

Dorothy True, 1919

Gelatin silver print; 24 x 19.2 cm (image/paper/mount)
Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.720

 

Additional resources related to this object are to the right. Comprehensive material analysis is found in the Object Research PDF.

 

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