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 millimeters)
  • Photomicrograph showing print surface (scale bar is in micrometers)

Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen (American, 1864–1946 and American, born Luxembourg, 1879–1973)

John Marin, 1910, printed by Alfred Stieglitz

Platinum print; 23.7 x 18.3 cm (image/paper); 24.6 x 19.1 cm (first mount); 50.5 x 37.8 cm (second mount)
Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.712

 

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

 

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