From My Window at An American Place, North
probably 1931
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 18.7 x 23.7 cm (7 3/8 x 9 5/16 in.) mount: 56 x 44.4 cm (22 1/16 x 17 1/2 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Alfred Stieglitz Collection
Accession Number
1949.3.1242
Art Historical Context
Alfred Stieglitz's *From My Window at An Place, North* (probably 1931) captures a intimate glimpse of New York City from the window of his groundbreaking gallery, American Place, which he opened in 1930 champion American modern art. his final years, the pioneering photographer turned his lens toward these everyday urban vistas—clouds, buildings, and shadows—creating poetic abstractions that blurred the line between photography and fine art. This gelatin silver, a hallmark of early 20th-century black-and photography, exemplifies Stieglitz's shift from Pictorialist soft-focus to "straight photog...
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 ...