From My Window at An American Place, Southwest

Alfred Stieglitz

1932 · Gelatin silver print · Photographs

Stieglitz was captivated by the naturally abstract forms of the skyscrapers that populated the modern city, especially when the elevated view omitted the base of the buildings such that their shapes seem to float in space. Here Stieglitz tempered the cool geometry characteristic of such a view by including within the frame the weathered wall of a building whose weblike pattern of cracks reminds us that the natural process of aging applies to all aspects of society.

Artist

Alfred Stieglitz

Date

1932

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Department

Photographs

Credit line

Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949