Two Towers—New York
1911, printed 1913
Artist, American, 1864 - 1946
Artwork overview
-
Medium
photogravure
-
Credit Line
-
Dimensions
image: 19.5 × 15.9 cm (7 11/16 × 6 1/4 in.)
-
Accession
1949.3.1280.36
-
Copyright
Image courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
-
Key Set Number
351
Associated Artworks
See all 5 artworksCamera Work: Vol.11: Numbers 41, 42/43, 44, and Special Supplement
Alfred Stieglitz
1913
A Snapshot, Paris [horse]
Alfred Stieglitz
1911
The Asphalt Paver: New York
Alfred Stieglitz
1892
Alfred Stieglitz
Curious for more Alfred Stieglitz scholarship?
Discover over 1,000 artworks that the artist’s wife Georgia O’Keeffe termed his “Key Set” of prize photographs. Museum scholars have illuminated each work, his career, practices, and lifetime achievements.
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.
Associated Names
Bibliography
2002
Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 351.
Wikidata ID
Q64037849
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Remarks
The view looks south from a stoop on the west side of Madison Avenue between 29th and 30th streets toward the towers of Madison Square Garden (left) and the Metropolitan Life Building (right).
Lifetime Exhibitions
A print from the same negative—perhaps a photograph from the Gallery’s collection—appeared in the following exhibition(s) during Alfred Stieglitz’s lifetime:
1913, New York (no. 30, as Two Towers, New York, 1911)
1915, New York (as Madison Square & the Metropolitan Tower)
1944, Philadelphia (no. 25, as The Two Towers, New York, 1912)
Lifetime Publications
A reproduction of this work appeared in the following publication(s) during Alfred Stieglitz’s lifetime:
Camera Work 44 (October 1913): pl. 2 (ill., Two Towers—New York)
Note
Image courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art