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Photography by Edward C. Robison III

The Hand of Man

Hand-printed, large-format photogravure

ArtistAlfred Stieglitz(1864-1946)
Date1902, printed before 1910
MediumPhotogravure
Dimensions16 3/4 x 20 3/4 x 1 1/8 in. (42.5 x 52.7 x 2.9 cm)
Signedl.r., in margin, in pencil: Alfred Stieglitz
Inscription(s)l.l., in margin, in pencil: "The Hand of Man" - 1902
Credit LineAlfred Stieglitz Collection, Co-owned by Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
ClassificationPrint
ProvenanceArtist; by bequest to Georgia O’Keeffe (Artist’s wife), New York, NY, 1946; to Fisk University, Nashville, TN, 1949; to Fisk University, Nashville, TN, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, as co-owners, 2012
On ViewNo
The Hand of Man16.8 × 20.8 in.Tennis Ball2.7 in. diameter

This artwork's face covers about 48× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.