Equivalent

Artist Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864 - 1946)

Date1929

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 4 5/8 × 3 9/16 inches (11.75 × 9.05 cm)
Mount: 12 5/8 × 10 inches (32.07 × 25.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.4390

Signednone

Inscribednone

Markingsnone

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Collections

Photography

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Exhibition History

Heavens: Photographs of the Sky & Cosmos. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 15 June-13 November 2011, no cat.

Rotation 24. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 9 – November 12, 2017, no cat.

Gallery Label

Alfred Stieglitz began photographing clouds in 1922. Over the next eight years, he produced a total of about 350 images for his Equivalents series. Stieglitz’s notion of “equivalence” rested on the use of familiar subjects as symbols of inner thoughts and emotions. Here, the shapes and tones of the clouds act as metaphors for the human condition.

Provenance

Purchased from Photographs 6551, Sotheby’s, New York, NY, April 23, 1994, lot 77, by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1994;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

Provenance

Purchased from Photographs 6551, Sotheby’s, New York, NY, April 23, 1994, lot 77, by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1994;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

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