New York from the Shelton
1935
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 23.9 x 18.4 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Alfred Stieglitz Collection
Accession Number
1949.3.1251
Art Historical Context
Alfred Stieglitz's *New York from the Shelton (1935) captures the pulsating energy of Manhattan's skyline as seen from his high-floor window at the Shelton Hotel, where he resided from 192 until his death in 194. A pioneering figure in American photography, Stieglitz documented the city's rapid transformation during the interwar years, framing towering skyscrapers against vast skies in his intimate "From the Shelton" series. This silver print, trimmed to its image edges at 23.9 x 18.4 cm, exemplifies his late-career shift toward "straight photography," emphasizing unmanipulated clarity over th...
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 ...