The Railroad Yard, Winter

1903, printed in or before 1909

Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photogravure on beige thick moderately textured wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 31.2 x 26.2 cm (12 5/16 x 10 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 36 x 30 cm (14 3/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
    mount: 63.7 x 47 cm (25 1/16 x 18 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1949.3.275

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    140B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    285

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1996

  • City of Ambition: Artists and New York, 1900–1960, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, July 3–October 27, 1996

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 285.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on backing board, upper center verso, on Alfred Stieglitz Collection label, in black ink: Stieglitz, Alfred / Original Gravure / Proof / Stieglitz Exhibition, Secession Gallery, / 1913. Print also shown at / Albright show, 1910. Also at / Dresden 1909; printed label: 15. In the New York Central Yards—1903; center verso, on Dresden label, in black ink: 10) Railroad Yard—Winter (1903) / Alfred Stieglitz / 1111 Madison Avenue, New York / $100 / Mark
by later hand, lower left verso, in graphite: 140B; lower center: Stieglitz #1; on mount, upper center verso: #10

Wikidata ID

Q64034786

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For more information about this photograph, see Key Set number 284.

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, 1949.840

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