Alfred Stieglitz
American, 1864–1946
The Flatiron
INV-6631
Alfred Stieglitz
American, 1864–19461903, printed 1920/39
The Flatiron
Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946 →Pictorialismgelatin silver (developing-out-paper) prphotographic process
Date
1903, printed 1920/39
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image/paper/first mount: 12 × 8.4 cm (4 3/4 × 3 5/16 in.); Second mount: 32 × 24.8 cm (12 5/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Alfred Stieglitz Collection
In an article in 1946, Stieglitz recalled photographing the newly erected Flatiron Building on the day of a great snowstorm. “I suddenly saw the Flat-Iron Building as I had never seen it before. It looked, from where I stood, as if it were moving toward me like the bow of a monster ocean steamer, a picture of the new America which was in the making.”
For more on the Alfred Stieglitz collection at the Art Institute, along with in-depth object information, please visit the website: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection.
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