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

Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946)

Georgia O’Keeffe, 1918

Palladium print; 24.1 x 19.3 cm (image); 25.1 x 20.1 cm (paper)
Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.745A

 

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

 

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