Equivalent
1927
Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 11.8 x 9.2 cm (4 5/8 x 3 5/8 in.) mount: 34.2 x 27.3 cm (13 7/16 x 10 3/4 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Alfred Stieglitz Collection
Accession Number
1949.3.983
Art Historical Context
Alfred Stieglitz's *Equivalent* (1927) is a poignant gelatin silver print from his groundbreaking "Equivalents" series, capturing the fluid, ethereal forms of clouds against the sky. Printed on a modest 11.8 x 9.2 cm sheet and mounted to 34.2 x 27.3 cm, this intimate photograph exemplifies Stieglitz's mastery of black-and-white photography in the early 20th century As a pioneer of the Photo-Secession, he championed photography as a fine art, exhibiting works that rivaled painting and sculpture at his New York gallery, 291. The "Equivalents" series, produced from the 1920s onward, marked a rad...
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 ...