The Alfred Stieglitz Collection
  • Recto of print with original window mat open
  • Recto of print with original window mat closed
  • Recto of print with original window mat open
  • Recto of print with original window mat closed
  • Verso of print
  • Verso of original window mat

Heinrich Kühn (Austrian, born Germany, 1866–1944)

Portrait of Stieglitz, 1909

Platinum print; 25.2 x 20.4 cm (image); 25.6 x 20.6 cm (paper); 48.8 x 36.3 cm (mount)
Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.870

 

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