From Room "3003"—The Shelton, New York, Looking Northeast
1927
Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 9.2 x 11.8 cm (3 5/8 x 4 5/8 in.) mount: 32 x 25.2 cm (12 5/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Alfred Stieglitz Collection
Accession Number
1949.3.1188
Art Historical Context
Alfred Stieglitz's 1927 gelatin silver print captures a northeast view of New York City from Room 3003 of The Shelton hotel. As a pioneering photographer who championed the medium as fine art, Stieglitz documented the modern American city during its dramatic interwar expansion, transforming everyday urban scenes into evocative compositions. This modestly sized print—trimmed to just 9.2 by 11.8 centimeters and mounted on a larger sheet—exemplifies the gelatin silver process, valued for its sharp detail and rich tonal range. Stieglitz, a central figure in the Photo-Secession movement, used such...
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 ...