Icy Night, Holy Night

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“Icy Night” 1898, Alfred Stieglitz, American, 1864-1946, photogravure included within Camera Work IV, 1903, 12.9 x 16.0 | 20.5 x 29.7 cm. Presented here cropped to image with additional colored masks. Used as an advertisement for Goerz Lenses, the following copy accompanied the gravure: “The original of this celebrated picture, Icy Night,” exhibited in the International Exhibitions at London, Paris, Turin, Brussels, Hamburg, Philadelphia, etc., etc., was made in January, Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-eight, at one a.m., with a Goerz Lens, Series III., full opening, and an exposure of three minutes.” From PhotoSeed Archive

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