Alfred Stieglitz

flush-mounted, mounted again to a larger card, credit, title, and date in pencil on the reverse, framed, 1927 (Greenough 1269)

This early print, appropriately warm in the light areas, is flush-mounted and mounted again. The print has a very faint surface sheen and was possibly waxed or coated. It is in generally excellent condition. When the print is examined closely in raking light, small deposits of the photographer's original retouching are visible. There is miniscule chipping at the print's edges. As is typical with Stieglitz's Equivalents, this print is flush-mounted onto a sheet of thin board. After flush-mounting, Stieglitz typically mounted his Equivalents again to a larger sheet of similar board. The secondary mount is lightly sunned at the print's periphery, and there is very minor soiling from handling.
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Sarah Greenough, in Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs, locates three prints of this image: at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.; at the Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.; and one in an unknown location, possibly this print.