Poplars—Lake George
1932
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 24.1 × 18.9 cm (9 1/2 × 7 7/16 in.) mount: 54.7 × 43.5 cm (21 9/16 × 17 1/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Alfred Stieglitz Collection
Accession Number
1949.3.749
Art Historical Context
Alfred Stieglitz's *Poplars—Lake* (1932) captures the graceful silhouettes of poplar trees against the serene landscape of Lake, New York—a site that became a profound source of inspiration for the artist in his later years. As a pioneering force in American photography, Stieglitz elevated the medium to the status of fine art through his Photo-Secession movement and Gallery 291 in New York. By 1932, nearing the end of his career, he turned his lens to intimate studies of nature at his wife's family estate, producing a series of Lake George images that reflect his maturing vision of photography...
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 ...