The Alfred Stieglitz Collection
  • Recto of print as seen through original window mat
  • Recto of entire sheet
  • Recto of print with original window mat
  • Recto of print with original window mat open
  • Verso of original mount
  • Verso of print detail
  • Verso of print detail
  • Recto of print under ultraviolet (UV) radiation to show fluorescence
  • Photomicrograph showing print surface (scale bar is in millimeters)
  • Photomicrograph showing surface cracks that may be a result of Steichen’s treatment (scale bar is in micrometers)

Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946)

Rebecca Salsbury Strand, 1922

Palladium print; 24.5 x 19.3 cm (image); 25.2 x 20.1 cm (paper); 56.5 x 46.4 cm (original window mat)
Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.718

 

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

 

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