Alfred Stieglitz and Painting by Georgia O'Keeffe, An American Place, New York City
1939, printed 1981
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
overall: 19 x 27 cm (7 1/2 x 10 5/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Virginia B. Adams
Accession Number
1986.3.15
Art Historical Context
In 1939, renowned photographer Ansel Adams captured a moment at An American Place, Alfred Stieglitz's New York City gallery dedicated to promoting American art. This gelatin silver print depicts the aging Stieglitz standing beside a vibrant painting by his wife, Georgia O'Kee, whose bold modernist abstractions revolutionized American painting. Printed in 1981 from the negative, the image measures a modest 19 x 27 cm, inviting close contemplation of its rich tonal gradations. Adams, a pioneer of "straight photography" famed for his majestic landscapes of the American West, here turned his mast...
About the Artist
Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams, born on February 20, 1902, in San Francisco, California, grew up as the only child of Charles Hitchcock Adams, a businessman and astronomy enthusiast who tutored him at home, and Olive Bray, with whom he had a distant relationship. A hyperactive child prone to illness, Adams struggled in formal schooling and was educated by private tutors and his father until graduating from eighth gr...