New York from the Shelton
1935
Artist, American, 1864 - 1946
Artwork overview
-
Medium
gelatin silver print
-
Credit Line
-
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 24.3 x 19.1 cm (9 9/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
mount: 50.8 x 38.7 cm (20 x 15 1/4 in.) -
Accession
1949.3.1257
-
Stieglitz Estate Number
5C
Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition
Learn more -
Key Set Number
1567
Alfred Stieglitz
Curious for more Alfred Stieglitz scholarship?
Discover over 1,000 artworks that the artist’s wife Georgia O’Keeffe termed his “Key Set” of prize photographs. Museum scholars have illuminated each work, his career, practices, and lifetime achievements.
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. 1567.
Inscriptions
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 5C
Wikidata ID
Q64036821
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Remarks
For more information about this photograph, see Key Set number 1564.
The patterns of the window shades on the Newsweek Building and the progression of the shadows suggest that Stieglitz made this and the following three photographs (Key Set numbers 1568, 1569, and 1570) in one morning in rapid succession.
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 Museum of Modern Art, New York, 54.1950
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Ph-143
Other Collections
A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):
Collection of Karen and Kevin Kennedy