Night, New York

1897, printed 1929/1934

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a nighttime urban scene from a ground-level point of view. The view includes a wet surface, leafless trees, a building, and streetlights casting a warm glow. The reflections on the ground add texture to the monochromatic palette, dominated by shades of black and gray with highlights from the artificial lights.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 8.5 × 11.7 cm (3 3/8 × 4 5/8 in.)
    mount: 31.8 × 25.3 cm (12 1/2 × 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.253

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    129A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    256

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

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 256.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 129A

Wikidata ID

Q64034762

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Lifetime Exhibitions

A print from the same negative—perhaps a photograph from the Gallery’s collection—appeared in the following exhibition(s) during Alfred Stieglitz’s lifetime:

possibly 1897, London, R.P.S. (no. 94, as The Plaza at Night, carbon)

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