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

Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946)

The Railroad Yard, Winter, 1903

Photogravure; 31.1 x 26.2 cm cm (image); 36.2 x 30 cm (paper/first mount); 51.6 x 44.5 cm (second mount)
Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.840

 

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