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

Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946)

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

Gelatin silver print; 18.8 x 23.8 cm (image/paper/first mount); 22.8 x 39.5 cm (second mount)
Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.787

 

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

 

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