John Marin
1910
Medium
Platinum print
Dimensions
Image/paper: 23.7 × 18.3 cm (9 3/8 × 7 1/4 in.); First mount: 24.6 × 19.1 cm (9 11/16 × 7 9/16 in.); Second mount: 50.5 × 37.8 cm (19 15/16 × 14 15/16 in.)
Classification
platinum print
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
66327
Art Historical Context
In 1910, pioneering photographer Alfred Stieglitz captured this intimate platinum print portrait of fellow artist John Marin, a key figure in American modernism. Titled simply *John Marin*, the image showcases Stieglitz's in documenting the creative luminaries of his era. Marin, renowned for his energetic watercolor cityscapes and abstract landscapes, was part of Stieglitz's inner circle at New York's Gallery 291 (also known as 291), where the photographer championed avant-garde art through exhibitions and publications like *Camera Work*. The platinum print medium, favored by Stieglitz for it...
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 ...