Alfred Stieglitz
2000
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View on museum website →Medium
silver dye bleach print
Dimensions
image: 151.13 × 120.65 cm (59 1/2 × 47 1/2 in.) framed: 161.13 × 130.65 × 5.08 cm (63 7/16 × 51 7/16 × 2 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase with funds provided by the FRIENDS of the Corcoran Gallery of Art)
Accession Number
2014.136.415
Art Historical Context
Vik Muniz's *Alfred Stieglitz (2000) is a striking homage to the legendary American photographer Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946), whose advocacy elevated photography to fine art through initiatives like the Photo-Sec and his influential gallery "291." Created by the Brazilian contemporary artist Vik Muniz this large-scale work—measuring 59½ × 47½ inches—invites visitors to reflect on the medium's evolution, bridging Stieglitz's pioneering modernism with Muniz's innovative 21st-century vision. Rendered as a silver dye bleach print (also known as Ilfochrome), the piece showcases a photographic pro...