House, Lake George
1934
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 11.9 × 9.2 cm (4 11/16 × 3 5/8 in.) mount: 31.6 × 24.7 cm (12 7/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Alfred Stieglitz Collection
Accession Number
1949.3.775
Art Historical Context
Alfred Stieglitz's *House, Lake George*1934) captures the intimate simplicity of the artist's summer retreat on Lake George in upstate New York, a he cherished from 1917 until his death in 1946. In his later years, Stieglitz turned his lens toward the familiar landscapes and structures of this serene setting, producing some of his most profound work. This small gelatin silver print, trimmed to just 11.9 × 9.2 cm, invites close contemplation, reflecting his shift from early Pictorialist soft-focus effects to the crisp "straight photography" that championed photography as pure, unmanipulated art...
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 ...