Stieglitz photography

Alfred Stieglitz art dealer, publisher, advocate for the Modernist movement in the arts, and, arguably, the most important photographer of his time. Stieglitz was the son of Edward Stieglitz, a German Jew who moved to the United States in 1849 and went on to make a comfortable fortune in the

Alfred Stieglitz. Scurrying Home. 1894. Photogravure. 7 3/8 × 5 3/8" (18.7 × 13.7 cm). Transferred from The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York. 405.1976. © 2024 Estate of Alfred Stieglitz / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photography

First published in 1921 with the caption "Watch your step!" in the single issue of Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray’s magazine New York Dada, Stieglitz’s surreal portrait was a happy accident. Attempting to capture the modern character of Dorothy True, a friend of Georgia O’Keeffe, Stieglitz made two exposures: a conventional, full-face portrait and a view of one artfully posed leg

Yes. One is a million dollar photo of a seashell.

Alfred Stieglitz returned to New York in 1890 determined to prove that photography was a medium as capable of artistic expression as painting or sculpture.

Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O’Keeffe Hands and Grapes, 1921

View Portrait of Georgia, No.1 (1923) By Stieglitz Alfred; gelatin silver contact print, flush–mounted on card, mounted on larger card; image/sheet/flush mount: 4 5/8 x 3 5/8 (11.8 x 9.2 cm.) secondary mount: 13 3/8 x 10 1/4 in. (34 x 26 cm.); Signed; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.

Alfred Stieglitz, one of the greatest pillars of American art photography, photographed Lake Como at the end of the nineteenth century

Blindman's Buff, 1898

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