New York from An American Place
probably 1931
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 18.9 x 24.2 cm (7 7/16 x 9 1/2 in.) mount: 55 x 42.7 cm (21 5/8 x 16 13/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Alfred Stieglitz Collection
Accession Number
1949.3.1244
Art Historical Context
Alfred Stieglitz's *New York from An American* (probably 1931) captures the pulsating energy of the city skyline from the window of his pioneering New York gallery, An American. This gelatin silver print, a crisp black-and-white medium that became a hallmark of modernist photography, measures a modest 18.9 x 24.2 cm on its trimmed sheet, mounted to 55 x 42.7 cm for display. As part of the Alfred Stieitz Collection at the National Gallery of Art it exemplifies the photographer's late-career shift toward "equivalent" urban landscapes—images that evoke emotional resonance through form and light r...
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 ...