From My Window at the Shelton, West
1931
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 24.2 x 19 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.) mount: 56.1 x 46.6 cm (22 1/16 x 18 3/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Alfred Stieglitz Collection
Accession Number
1949.3.1226
Art Historical Context
Alfred Stieglitz's *From My Window at the, West* (1931) captures a intimate glimpse of urban life from the artist's high-rise apartment at the Shelton Hotel in New York City, where he resided from 1925 until his death in 194. As a pioneering figure in American photography, Stieglitz championed the medium as a fine art, founding the Photo-Secession in 1902 to elevate photographers alongside painters. This gelatin silver print, part of his late-career series depicting Manhattan skyscrapers and cityscapes, reflects his fascination with the dynamic energy of modern America during the Great Depress...
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 ...