Equivalent
1927
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image/paper/first mount: 9.2 × 11.9 cm (3 5/8 × 4 11/16 in.); Second mount: 34.3 × 27.3 cm (13 9/16 × 10 3/4 in.)
Classification
gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
66634
Art Historical Context
Alfred Stieglitz's *Equivalent* (1927) is a captivating gelatin silver print from the Art Institute of's Photography and Media collection. Measuring a intimate 9.2 × 11.9 cm on its original mount, this small-scale image exemplifies Stieglitz's pioneering efforts to elevate photography to the status of fine art. As a leading figure in early 20th-century American, Stieglitz modernism through his gallery "291" and publications like *Camera Work*, blurring lines between photography and painting. The title *Equivalent* nods to Stieglitz's renowned cloud series from the 1920s, where he captured abs...
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 ...