Alfred Stieglitz, Lake George, NY
Artist
Paul Strand
(American, 1890 - 1976)
Dateca. 1929
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 3/4 x 3 5/8 inches (12.07 x 9.21 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4385
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Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of a man (Alfred Steiglitz) holding eclipse viewer up to his face.Exhibition HistoryHeavens: Photographs of the Sky & Cosmos. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 15 - November 13, 2011, no cat.
Rotation 24. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 9 – November 12, 2017, no cat.
Here, Paul Strand depicts his mentor and friend, Alfred Stieglitz, in the act of making his series of cloud photographs, the Equivalents. The portrait has dual levels of meaning, suggesting a union of body and spirit, act and idea.
Tesoro, Inc., Fairless Hills, PA;
Purchased from Tesoro, Inc. by Hallmark Cards Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1997;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Purchased from Tesoro, Inc. by Hallmark Cards Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1997;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Copyright© Aperture Foundation Inc., Paul Strand Archive
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