North from An American Place, New York
North from An American Place, New York
Artist
Alfred Stieglitz
(1864 - 1946)
Date1931
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions7 7/16 x 9 3/8 in. (18.9 x 23.8 cm)
Framed: 16 3/4 x 20 3/4 x 1 1/8 in. (42.5 x 52.7 x 2.9 cm)
Framed: 16 3/4 x 20 3/4 x 1 1/8 in. (42.5 x 52.7 x 2.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineAlfred Stieglitz Collection, Co-owned by Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
Accession number
ASC.2012.94
On View
Not on viewCollections
Label TextIn the early twentieth century, Manhattan’s skyline transformed as steel skyscrapers rose above the city. For Alfred Stieglitz, New York City was an ever-changing source of inspiration. By the 1930s, Stieglitz abandoned street-level photography and instead took an aerial perspective. He used the nearly panoramic windows from his final art gallery, An American Place, to photograph the skyline through all seasons. The resulting collection of views shows a modern study of changes in light and shadow, lines, and shapes.
A principios del siglo XX, el horizonte de Manhattan se transformaba a medida que los rascacielos de acero se iban levantando sobre la ciudad. Para Alfred Stieglitz, la ciudad de Nueva York era una fuente de inspiración que cambiaba continuamente. En la década de 1930, Stieglitz abandonó la fotografía a nivel de calle y adoptó una perspectiva aérea; utilizó las ventanas casi panorámicas de su última galería de arte, An American Place (Un lugar estadounidense), para fotografiar el horizonte en todas las estaciones. El conjunto de vistas resultante muestra un estudio moderno de los cambios en luz y sombra, líneas y formas.
