Going to the Start
Artist
Alfred Stieglitz
(American, 1864 - 1946)
Date1904
MediumPhotogravure
DimensionsImage: 8 5/16 × 7 7/16 inches (21.11 × 18.89 cm)
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 8 1/8 inches (30.16 × 20.64 cm)
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 8 1/8 inches (30.16 × 20.64 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.2216
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionGravure from "Camera Work", Oct. 1903. Image of a race track.Exhibition HistoryRotation 21. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 12 – July 31, 2016, no cat.
Soft-focused photographs, like the one seen here, were published in Alfred Stieglitz’s quarterly, Camera Work. In 1902, he formed the group called the Photo-Secessionists. Members of the group were interested in promoting photography as a fine art equal to painting. Stieglitz was a photographer as well as an important writer, editor and gallery owner.
Edwynn Houk, Chicago, IL;
Purchased from Edwynn Houk Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1983;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Purchased from Edwynn Houk Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1983;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
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