From Room 303 (Intimate Gallery)—489 Park Avenue—New York

1927

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows towering buildings in an urban environment. The horizon is not visible due to the tall structures. A building under construction is seen in the center with scaffolding around its upper part. The completed buildings have intricate designs, fire escapes, and different window patterns. The color palette is monochromatic with shades of gray and black. The sky is overcast, and a water tower is visible to the right.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 11.9 x 6.5 cm (4 11/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
    mount: 31.9 x 25.1 cm (12 9/16 x 9 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.1193

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    136D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1187

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

1992

  • The Stieglitz Circle and Modernism in America, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1992

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 1187.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: From Room 303 (Intimate Gallery)—489 Park Ave.—N.Y. / April 1927
by later hand, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 136D

Wikidata ID

Q64036675

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For more information about this photograph, see Key Set number 1184.

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 1932, New York (no. 29, as From my window at Intimate Gallery—west, 1928)

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