From My Window at An American Place, Southwest

1932

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a cityscape with numerous mid and high-rise buildings occupying the frame. In the foreground, there is a building with a water tower on the right, while on the left, more buildings lead towards a partially constructed skyscraper in the distance. The overcast sky adds dim lighting to the scene, with a color palette dominated by grey and black tones highlighting the silhouette and interplay of light and shadow on the city's structures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 24 x 19.1 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
    mount: 54 x 40.6 cm (21 1/4 x 16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.1237

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    10A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1456

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

1983

  • Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, February 3–May 8, 1983; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, June 17–August 14, 1983; The Art Institute of Chicago, October 18, 1983–January 3, 1984

1994

  • George Grosz: Berlin—New York, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin; Kunstammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, 1994–1995

Bibliography

1983

  • Greenough, Sarah, and Juan Hamilton. Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs and Writings. Washington, 1983: no. 165, pl. 68.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 1456.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper right verso, in graphite, circled: A1 plus / very swell print
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 10A

Wikidata ID

Q64036778

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

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

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