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The Steerage

Photograph
1907 (made), before 1913 (printed)
Artist/Maker

A black and white photomechanical print of a gangway of a boat with crowds of people on the upper and lower decks of a ship

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Steerage
Materials and techniques
photogravure on cream moderately thick smooth wove Japan paper.
Brief description
Photograph by Alfred Stieglitz, 'The Steerage', photogravure, 1907, printed in or before 1913
Physical description
A black and white photomechanical print of a gangway of a boat with crowds of people on the upper and lower decks of a ship
Dimensions
  • Image height: 331mm
  • Image width: 263mm
  • Sheet height: 465mm
  • Sheet width: 320mm
Subject depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2002., vol. 2, 1012 pp., iIl. ISBN 0810935333
Other number
312 - Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set
Collection
Accession number
PH.851-1978

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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