Equivalents

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A black and white photograph of a cloudscape.

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Category	Photographs
Object type	Photograph
Titles	Equivalents (assigned by artist) Songs of the Sky / Equivalent (assigned by artist) Equivalents (series title)
Materials and techniques	gelatin silver print Photographic Paper Photography Gelatin Silver Process
Brief description	Photography by Alfred Stieglitz, 'Equivalents', gelatin silver print, 1927
Physical description	A black and white photograph of a cloudscape.
Dimensions	Image height: 119mm Image width: 92mm Sheet height: 350mm Sheet width: 272mm
Gallery label	(20/11/2012) This photograph by Stieglitz shows only the sky. The series of images demonstrates that remarkable photographs need not rely on unusual subjects. The images were intended to evoke a psychological or emotional state in the viewer. On the reverse of some of the prints in this series, Stieglitz wrote ‘all ways are up’. The phrase seems both to answer a practical concern, and to hint at the answer to a metaphysical question. (11 03 2014) Gallery 100, ‘History of photography’, 2012-2013, label texts : Alfred Stieglitz (1864 – 1946) ‘Equivalent’ 1923 – 9 These photographs by Stieglitz show only the sky. They demonstrate that remarkable photographs need not rely on unusual subjects. The images were intended to evoke a psychological or emotional state in the viewer. On the reverse of some of the prints in this series, Stieglitz wrote ‘all ways are up’. The phrase seems both to answer a practical concern, and to hint at the answer to a metaphysical question. Gelatin silver prints Museum nos. Ph.367, 368, 370-1982
Subject depicted	Clouds
Associated objects	PH.1385-1980 (Series) PH.366-1982 (Series) PH.367-1982 (Series) PH.368-1982 (Series) PH.369-1982 (Series) PH.370-1982 (Series) PH.1384-1980 (Series) E.896-2003 (Series) E.893-2003 (Series) E.892-2003 (Series) E.891-2003 (Series)
Bibliographic references	Sara Eden Greenough Alfred Stieglitz's photographs of clouds ('Equivalents') University of New Mexico, PhD, 1984 Dorothy Norman, Alfred Stieglitz: An American Seer Aperture Books, New York, 1973. Jonathan Green History of Photography, col 15, no. 2, Summer 1991 "The Collection of Dorothy Norman", Aperture, vol 124 (pp.50-55), Summer 1991. Evelyn Roth "From 291 to an American Place: a demonstration of the Stieglitz aesthetic", American Photographer, vol 18 (p.33), June 1987. Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2002., vol. 1, 496 pp., iIl. ISBN 0810935333
Other number	1210 - Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	PH.370-1982

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Record created	January 12, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O182341/equivalents-photograph-stieglitz-alfred/

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