The Terminal

1893, printed 1929/1932

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

This is a photograph of a snowy street scene with a horse-drawn streetcar labeled "HARLEM". Snow is piled up along the street, and horse-drawn carriages are present with steam rising from the horses. Various period advertisements are seen on the buildings in the background, including signs for trunks and bags. A large building with an ornate entrance and multiple windows is visible behind, with snow on the window ledges. The image captures an urban setting during winter, featuring historical urban transit in snowy conditions.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 9.1 x 11.5 cm (3 9/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
    mount: 31.6 x 25.4 cm (12 7/16 x 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.75

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    128B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    95

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

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

1992

  • Stieglitz in the Darkroom, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 4, 1992–February 14, 1993

2009

  • In the Darkroom: Photographic Processes Before the Digital Age, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2009–2010

Bibliography

1983

  • Greenough, Sarah, and Juan Hamilton. Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs and Writings. Washington, 1983: no. 22.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 95.

Inscriptions

by later hands, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite, in square: 1; lower left verso: 3 [circled] 128B; lower right verso: 028

Wikidata ID

Q64034672

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

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 Art Institute of Chicago, 1949.706

Fisk University, Nashville, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, ASC.2012.81

George Eastman Museum, Rochester, 83:0660:0018 [lantern slide]

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 49.55.6

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 24.1739 (inscribed: The Terminal / New York. 1892 / by Alfred Stieglitz. / negative and print made / by Alfred Stieglitz / Direct Print no. 2 from this negative)

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