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

Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946)

Georgia O’Keeffe—Hands and Thimble, 1919

Palladium print; 24.4 x 19.4 cm (image); 25.1 x 20.3 cm (paper)
Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.745

 

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

 

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