A Street in Sterzing, The Tyrol
1890
Medium
Platinum print
Dimensions
21.7 × 15.7 cm (image/paper); 22.3 × 16.2 (secondary support); 50.3 × 32.4 cm (original window mat)
Classification
platinum print
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
66286
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
For more on the Alfred Stieglitz collection at the Art Institute, along with in-depth object information, please visit the website: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection.
About the Artist
Alfred Stieglitz · 1864–1946
Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) was a pioneering American photographer, art dealer, publisher, and advocate for the Modernist movement who was instrumental over his 50-year career in making photography an accepted art form. Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, to German Jewish immigrant parents, Stieglitz spent his formative years studying mechanical engineering in Berlin, where he discovered photography in ...