New York from the Shelton

1935

Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

Alfred Stieglitz

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 24.4 x 19 cm (9 5/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
    mount: 50.8 x 38.7 cm (20 x 15 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.1255

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    3C

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1569

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1958

  • Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 16–April 27, 1958

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

2015

  • In Light of the Past: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Collecting Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 3–July 26, 2015

Bibliography

1983

  • Greenough, Sarah, and Juan Hamilton. Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs and Writings. Washington, 1983: no. 170.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 1569.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 3C

Wikidata ID

Q64036818

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For more information about this photograph, see Key Set numbers 1564 and 1567.

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:

Library of Congress, Washington, PH-45 B

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 51.1950

Other Collections

A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 93.XM.25.67


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