New York from the Shelton

1935

Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 24.4 x 19.2 cm (9 5/8 x 7 9/16 in.)
    mount: 52.7 x 39.5 cm (20 3/4 x 15 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1949.3.1253

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    4A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1566

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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

2001

  • Modern Art and America: Alfred Stieglitz and His New York Galleries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2001

Bibliography

1983

  • Greenough, Sarah, and Juan Hamilton. Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs and Writings. Washington, 1983: no. 169, pl. 73.

2000

  • Modern Art and America: Alfred Stieglitz and His New York Galleries. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001: no. 191.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 1566.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 4A

Wikidata ID

Q64036811

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

The identical patterns of the window shades on the Newsweek Building suggest that this photograph and Key Set number 1565 were made the same day. The progression of the shadows indicates that Key Set number 1565 was taken first.

For more information about this photograph, see Key Set number 1564.

Stieglitz Collections

A corresponding print was given to the following institution(s) by Alfred Stieglitz during his lifetime, or was received or acquired from the estate:

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 56.1950

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