New York from the Shelton

1935

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a cityscape from a high vantage point. Several skyscrapers dominate the horizon, while tall, angular buildings stand in the foreground. In the distance, more buildings are visible, including an art-deco styled skyscraper and a thin, pointed structure resembling a church spire. The color palette is monochromatic, emphasizing light and shadow.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 18.8 x 24.4 cm (7 3/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
    mount: 52.8 x 39.5 cm (20 13/16 x 15 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.1252

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    3E

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1564

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. 1564.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 3E

Wikidata ID

Q64036809

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

This photograph and Key Set numbers 1565–1574 look west toward Rockefeller Center. The International Building (far right) was completed in May 1935. Construction on the Time & Life Building, which would rise up to the left of the RCA Building (far left), did not begin until June 1936 (see Guide Book of Rockefeller Center, 1938). An inscription on a print of Key Set number 1571, in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, reads “For Georgia / Alfred / Lake George July 6—1935,” indicating that Stieglitz must have made this series in May or June, before he left for Lake George. The titles are based on those of similar prints included in Stieglitz’s 1934 exhibition at An American Place.

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