Songs of the Sky - Tang Teaching Museum

Collection Artwork

Artist

Alfred Stieglitz (Hoboken, New Jersey, 1864 – 1946, New York)

Title

Songs of the Sky

Creation date

1924

Materials

gelatin silver print flush-mounted on card, adhered to board

Dimensions

image size: 3 5/8 x 4 5/8 in.
image size: 3 5/8 x 4 5/8 in.
board size: 13 x 10 3/4 in.
mat size: 16 7/8 x 14 in.

Credit Line

The Jack Shear Collection of Photography at the Tang Teaching Museum

Accession Number

2017.41.14

Object Type

Photographs

Provenance

(Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York); (Sotheby’s, New York, New York, 22 October 2000 lot 46). (Christie’s, New York, New York, 18 February 2016 sale 12626 lot 181); purchased by Jack Shear, Spencertown, New York; given to the Tang Teaching Museum, 2015.

Marks

Inscribed in pencil, board verso, lower left: 382-68 [crossed through] 1924[?]

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