Artist
Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946)American, 1864–1946
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Camera Work, No. 49–50
DateJune 1917
MediumPrinted publication with photogravures
DimensionsOverall: 12 × 8 1/2 in. (30.5 × 21.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2020.351.49
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 208
Exposé
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PhotographyObject Type
Beginning in 1908, the focus of Camera Work broadened to include contemporary art in other media, as Alfred Stieglitz’s own interest in avant-garde European and American painting and sculpture grew, while it continued to include fine gravures of work by Stieglitz himself and fellow members of the Photo-Secession, albeit less frequently. The final issues of Camera Work, appearing in 1916 and 1917, marked a bold new course for photography with the inclusion of Paul Strand’s celebrated Modernist photographs, such as this tilted view of a tipped-over table.
ProvenanceEdward Steichen; given by Clara and Kate Steichen to Mari Carmen [last name illegible]; […]; Kaspar M. Fleischmann, Zurich; [Christie’s Paris, November 13, 2014, lot 85, bought in]; purchased by John Teti, 2014; donated to New Hampshire Institute of Art, 2017; merged with New England College, 2019; deaccessioned from the John Teti Rare Photography Book Collection, 2020; [Skinner, Marlborough, Mass., November 2, 2020, sale 3482T, lot 1073]; purchased by MFAH, 2020.
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Alfred Stieglitz
January 1903–June 1917
Printed publications with photogravures
2020.351.1-.49
Alfred Stieglitz
published October 1905
Book containing prints [7 Japan tissue prints in photogravure, and 2 half-tone plates, also 3 Japan tissue plates by F. Benedict Herzog]
2000.332