From My Window at An American Place, North

1930

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows an urban landscape with a cluster of skyscrapers dominating the view. The horizon is low, obscured by buildings of various architectural styles. The overall color scheme is monochrome with a range of blacks and greys. Additional buildings can be seen in the distance under a partly cloudy sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 9 × 11.8 cm (3 9/16 × 4 5/8 in.)
    mount: 27.4 x 34.8 cm (10 13/16 x 13 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.1199

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    135D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1321

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. 1321.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, center verso, in graphite: Ex 1932
by later hands, on mount, upper right verso, in blue pencil, circled: "cue"; lower left verso, in graphite: 135D; lower right verso: F1 X

Wikidata ID

Q64036691

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For more information about the date of this photograph, see Key Set number 1320.

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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