The Alfred Stieglitz Collection
  • Recto of print
  • Recto of print with original mount
  • Verso of original mount

Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946)

Spiritual America: Songs of the Sky A1, 1923

Gelatin silver print; 11.6 x 9.1 cm (image/paper/first mount); 31.6 x 25.2 cm (second mount)
Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.794

 

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