The Alfred Stieglitz Collection
  • Recto of print with original mount
  • Recto of print
  • Verso of original mount

Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946)

From My Window at the Shelton, West, 1931

Gelatin silver print; 24.2 x 19.4 cm (image/paper/first mount); 57.5 x 46 cm (second mount)
Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.783

 

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