New York from the Shelton
- Photographer
- Alfred Stieglitz, American, 1864–1946
- Date
- 1935
- Material
- Gelatin silver print
- depicts
- New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- image (trimmed): 9 5/8 × 7 9/16 in. (24.4 × 19.2 cm)
mount: 20 1/16 × 15 1/4 in. (51 × 38.7 cm)
framed: 23 1/8 × 17 1/8 in. (58.7 × 43.5 cm) - Credit Line
- Gift of an anonymous donor
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 177:1984
NOTES
Alfred Stieglitz was intrigued by the ever-changing skyline of Manhattan, which he photographed from the midtown high-rise that he shared with his wife, Georgia O’Keeffe. In this image, he contrasted both new and old, light and dark. The newly constructed Rockefeller Center dwarfs the spires of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, just visible on the right. At the same time, the bright, crystalline forms of its modern towers dramatically ascend from the vast pool of darkness below.
Provenance
- 1984
Private Collection
1984 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, anonymous gift of private collector. [1]
Notes:
[1] Deed of gift, Dec. 21, 1984 [SLAM document file]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, February 22, 1985.
Private Collection
1984 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, anonymous gift of private collector. [1]
Notes:
[1] Deed of gift, Dec. 21, 1984 [SLAM document file]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, February 22, 1985.
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