From My Window at An American Place, Southwest

March 1932

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows an urban landscape viewed from an elevated position, likely from an upper floor in a building. Tall buildings frame the scene closely on both sides. A partially constructed skyscraper dominates the horizon, its grid-like framework silhouetted against the sky. The horizon is obscured by buildings, creating a confined vertical perspective. The color palette is monochrome, with various shades of gray. The textures of the buildings show detailed brickwork and weathered facades, with some windows revealing faint interior glimpses.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 24.3 × 19.1 cm (9 9/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
    mount: 54.7 × 42 cm (21 9/16 × 16 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.1236

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    7C

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1455

The image shows a man leaning his head on his hand, positioned with his face resting on his left hand. He has a mustache, thin-framed eyeglasses, and thick, greying hair that curls slightly at the edges. He is dressed in a formal jacket, a white shirt, and a black bow tie. The background is a soft, dark blur.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1999

  • Photographs from the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1999

Bibliography

1996

  • Smith, Joel. "How Stieglitz Came to Photograph Cityscapes." History of Photography 20, no. 4 (Winter 1996): 327.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 1455.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper right verso, in graphite, circled: A1; lower left verso: A4 / A3; lower left verso, in graphite: 2
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 7C

Wikidata ID

Q64036776

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For more information about this photograph, see Key Set number 1452.

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