From My Window at An American Place, North

1931

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

This image depicts an urban landscape filled with skyscrapers. The view shows a series of tall buildings, with the closest structures on the left having repeated patterns of windows. The horizon is not visible, as the buildings create a sense of verticality and density. The background also includes more skyscrapers, some of which are partially obscured by shadows from neighboring buildings. The image likely uses a black and white palette, emphasizing contrasts and sharp lines. Light and shadow play across the buildings, bringing depth and highlighting architectural details such as window patterns and rooftop structures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 19.3 × 24.2 cm (7 5/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
    mount: 56.4 x 46.3 cm (22 3/16 x 18 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.1209

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    6E

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1379

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. 2, cat. 1379.

Inscriptions

by later hand, on mount, lower left, in graphite: 6—E

Wikidata ID

Q64036714

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

This photograph and Key Set numbers 1380 and 1381 were made in 1931, after the New York Trust Company Building (in front of the Squibb Building) was completed in late 1930.

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:

1932, New York (nos. 1–9, as From my window at An American Place, north, 1931)

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