From My Window at An American Place, Southwest

April/June 1932

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows an urban scene from a high vantage point. Two tall brick buildings frame the view, with more modern, lighter-colored buildings in the distance. A skyscraper with a grid-like pattern of windows and construction cranes on top dominates the scene against a clear sky. The horizon is obscured by buildings, suggesting a bustling cityscape. The image is in black and white, with a color palette of black, grey, and white emphasizing the play of shadows and light on the buildings' exteriors.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 23.7 x 18.9 cm (9 5/16 x 7 7/16 in.)
    mount: 54.5 x 41.8 cm (21 7/16 x 16 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.1247

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    9C

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1461

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

1996

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

1997

  • August Sander Archiv/SK Stiftung Kulture, Cologne, Germany, May 22–August 10, 1997

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 1461.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper right, in graphite, circled: A-1
by later hand, on mount, lower left, in graphite: 9C

Wikidata ID

Q64036802

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For more information about this photograph, see Key Set number 1452.

Other Collections

A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):

The Nelson-Atkins Art Museum, Kansas City, 2005.27.2220

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