The Alfred Stieglitz Collection
  • Recto of print
  • Recto of print with original mount
  • Verso of original mount
  • Photomicrograph showing print surface and retouching (scale bar is in micrometers)

Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946)

Equivalent, 1930

Gelatin silver print; 9.3 x 11.9 cm (image/paper/first mount); 34.9 x 27.5 cm (second mount)
Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.796

 

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

 

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