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1899 New York (Camera Club of New York, May 1)

Publication History

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Alfred Stieglitz Lifetime Exhibition: 1899, New York

The Camera Club, New York, “Exhibition of Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz,” 1–15 May

Notes

Cover of exhibition catalogue reproduces photogravure of Gossip, Katwyk; holds special exhibition of 138 lantern slides on 12 May, showing examples of “experiments in local reduction of plates, double toning, and other such innovations”

Works Exhibited

1 The Old Mill, 1894 (direct platinum)
2 The Street Paver, 1893–1899 (carbon enlargement)
3 Winter, An Impression, 1894 (direct platinum)
4 Outward Bound, 1894–1897 (direct carbon)
5 Evening, Lake Lucerne, 1894 (platinum direct)
6 The Jungfrau, 1894 (platinum direct)
7 The Letterbox, 1894–1899 (platinum direct)
8 A Bit of Grindelwald, 1887–1898 (carbon direct)
9 A Venetian Well, 1894–1897 (carbon enlargement)
10 November Days, 1885–1887 (platinum direct)
11 Weary, 1890 (platinum direct)
12 A Black Forest Studio, 1894 (platinum direct)
13 A Nook in Pallanza, 1887–1890 (platinum direct)
14 A Venetian Canal, 1894–1895 (carbon enlargement)
15 A Dreary Day, 1896–1898 (carbon enlargement)
16 Wanderer’s Return, 1887–1890 (platinum direct)
17 The Kettle Girl, 1887 (platinum direct)
18 Stones of Venice, 1887–1899 (platinum direct)
19 At the Brook, 1890 (platinum direct)
20 The Village Philosopher, 1894 (platinum direct)
21 The Portrait of My Father, 1895 (platinum direct)
22 A Good Joke, 1887–1889 (platinum direct)
23 Venetian Doorway, 1894 (platinum direct)
24 Mid Snow and Ice, 1894 (platinum direct)
25 After the Rain, Mittenwald, 1886–1888 (platinum direct)
26 Life and Clay, 1898 (carbon direct)
27 Katwyk Dunes, 1894–1898 (carbon enlargement)
28 The Card Players, 1887–1898 (platinum direct)
29 Swiss Giants, 1894 (platinum direct)
30 Summer, An Impression, 1894 (platinum direct)
31 Watching for the Return, 1894 (photogravure)
32 At Lake Como, 1887–1899 (platinum direct)
33 On the Dykes, 1894 (photogravure)
34 Maria, The Fruit Girl, 1887 (platinum direct)
35 A Portrait, 1885 (platinum direct)
36 An Icy Night, 1898 (carbon enlargement)
37 Mending Nets, 1894–1899 (carbon enlargement)
38 Winter, Fifth Avenue, 1893–1899 (carbon enlargement)
39 Gossip, Katwyk, 1894–1899 (carbon enlargement)
40 A Decorative Panel, 1894–1895 (carbon enlargement)
41 Gossip, Venice, 1894–1899 (carbon enlargement)
42 Gossip, Venice, 1894–1898 (gum bichromate)
43 A Wet Day on the Boulevard, 1894 (carbon enlargement)
44 Portrait of Mr. R., 1896 (platinum direct)
45 Portrait of Mrs. H., 1896 (platinum direct)
46 Snow and Sky, 1897 (carbon direct)
47 Katherine, 1899 (platinum direct)
48 Landing of the Boats, 1894–1899 (carbon enlargement)
49 Katwyk Beach, 1894–1899 (carbon enlargement)
50 The Incoming Boat, 1894–1899 (carbon enlargement)
51 Portrait of Mr. E., 1896 (platinum direct)
52 Portrait Study of A.H., 1896 (platinum direct)
53 Scurrying Home, 1894–1895 (carbon enlargement)
54 Mother and Child, 1898–1899 (platinum manipulated)
55 Portrait of Mr. S., 1898 (platinum direct)
56 Early Morn, 1894–1899 (platinum direct)
57 At Anchor, 1894 (platinum direct)
58 The Cottage on the Hill, 1897 (platinum direct)
59 A Study, On the Hillside, 1888 (platinum direct)
60 A Black Forest Well, 1894 (platinum direct)
61 Portrait of Prof. W., 1896 (platinum direct)
62 Reflections, Night, 1896–1898 (platinum enlarged)
63 Snow, Foreground Study, 1897 (carbon direct)
64 Venetian Canal, 1894–1899 (platinum direct)
64a Venetian Canal, 1894–1899 (bichromate gum)
65 Little Hands, 1887–1899 (platinum direct)
66 Venetian Courtyard, 1894 (platinum direct)
67 A Street in Mittenwald, 1885 (platinum direct)
68 A Bit of Katwyk, 1894 (platinum direct)
69 An Unfinished Sketch, 1898–1899 (platinum manipulated)
70 Old Mill, 1894–1897 (enlarged photogravure)
71 Portrait of a Baby, 1898 (platinum manipulated)
72 A September Landscape, 1897–1899 (platinum manipulated)
73 A September Landscape, 1897–1899 (red bichromate of gum)
74 A September Landscape, 1897–1899 (black bichromate of gum on toned paper)
75 A Study, 1898–1899 (bichromate of gum)
76 A Study, 1898 (platinum manipulated)
76a A Study, 1898 (platinum direct)
77 A Vignette, 1898–1899 (platinum manipulated)
78 A Vignette (in two colors), 1898–1899 (platinum manipulated)
79 A Sketch (in two colors), 1898–1899 (platinum manipulated)
80 Original of “Unfinished Sketch,” 1898 (platinum direct)
81 Going to Pasture, 1894–1897 (carbon enlargement)
82 A German Country Road, 1885 (aristo-platino)
83 At Anchor, 1894–1899 (bichromate of gum)
84 After a Storm, Grindelwald, Switzerland, 1887 (platinum direct)
85 Venetian Gamin, 1894 (platinum direct)
86 Oldest Venetian Church, 1894 (platinum direct)
87 A Portrait Study, 1896–1899 (platinum manipulated)

Select Reviews

“The Art World,” Commercial Advertiser (1 May 1899), 5

“Artistic Camera Work: A Fine Collection of Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz,” New-York Tribune Illustrated Supplement (14 May 1899), 10–11

“Society News: The Camera Club of New York,” The American Amateur Photographer 11:6 (June 1899), 262–263

Charles De Kay, “The Photographer as Artist,” The New York Times—Illustrated Magazine (4 June 1899), 6–7

Joseph F. Keiley, “The Stieglitz Exhibition in New York,” The Amateur Photographer 29 (9 June 1899), 443

“Notes,” The Photo-Miniature 1 (June 1899), 147

“Items of Interest,” Anthony’s Photographic Bulletin 30 (June 1899), 163–164

“Notes and News: The Exhibition of Photographs,” The Photographic Times 31 (July 1899), 341

“The Stieglitz Exhibition,” Camera Notes 3:2 (October 1899), 76–77

J[oseph]. T. K[eiley]., “The Stieglitz Lantern Slide Exhibition (May 12),” Camera Notes 3:2 (October 1899), 78