The Alfred Stieglitz Collection
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  • Exhibition view showing a print of the work in American Pictorial Photography (1902)

Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946)

Scurrying Home, 1894, printed 1897

Photogravure, from the portfolio “Picturesque Bits of New York and Other Studies”; 17.8 x 14.6 cm (image/paper); 38.2 x 27.1 cm (mount)
Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.889

 

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