Alfred Stieglitz
The City of Ambition

The City of Ambition

Public Domain

ArtistAmerican, 1864–1946
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The City of Ambition
  • from Camera Work, Number 36
Datepublished October 1911
Place depictedNew York City, New York, United States
MediumPhotogravure
DimensionsImage: 8 3/4 × 6 9/16 in. (22.2 × 16.7 cm)
 Sheet: 11 3/4 × 7 7/8 in. (29.8 × 20 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores
Object number78.88.1
Not on view

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Department
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Special Collections
Object Type
Provenance[The Cronin Gallery, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 1978.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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