Alfred Stieglitz 1864-1946

platinum print, dated and annotated '291' by the photographer in pencil on the image, mounted at the top edge only to a thin board, the photographer's credit and numeric notations in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse, matted, 1913 (Greenough 386)

The photographer to Marie Rapp Boursault

By descent to Yvonne Boursalt, Marie Rapp's daughter

This warm-toned platinum print, on double-weight paper, is in generally very good to excellent condition. The edges of the print are very lightly age-darkened. Upon close inspection deposits of the photographer's original retouching are visible in the sitter's left sleeve and in the bottom right quadrant. The top edge of the print is lightly worn and there is a single insignificant chip on the left side. The mount, a thin gray board with a smooth surface, has pencil lines along the front edges as well as light age-darkening. The reverse of the mount is age-darkened around the periphery. There are two small circular deposits of adhesive residue at the top corners. The reverse of the print is annotated '6/4,' '62-72,' 'St 7 9/16 + 9 7/11' in an unidentified hand in pencil.
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In Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs, Sarah Greenough locates two other prints of this image in institutional collections, at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., and the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.