Winter, New York
probably 1893
Medium
platinum print
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 6.9 x 8.7 cm (2 11/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Alfred Stieglitz Collection
Accession Number
1949.3.243
Art Historical Context
Alfred Stieglitz's *Winter, New York*, made around 1893, offers a poignant snapshot of the bustling yet frozen streets of late 19th-century Manhattan. This petite platinum print, trimmed to a compact 6.9 x 8.7 cm, invites viewers into an intimate urban scene, where snow-dusted sidewalks and distant figures evoke the raw energy and harsh beauty of Gilded Age New York. As one of photography's early champions, Stieglitz the city's transformation during a time of rapid industrialization, blending documentary realism with artistic vision. Stieglitz, a pivotal figure in elevating photography to fin...
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 ...