The Alfred Stieglitz Collection
  • Recto of print
  • Recto of print with original mount
  • Verso of original mount
  • Recto of print under ultraviolet (UV) radiation to show fluorescence
  • Photomicrograph showing print surface (scale bar is in millimeters)
  • Photomicrograph showing print surface (scale bar is in micrometers)

Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946)

John Marin, 1921/22

Gelatin silver print; 23.5 x 19.1 cm (image/paper/first mount); 51 x 38.9 cm (second mount)
Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.721

 

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