Few individuals have exerted as strong an influence on 20th-century American art and culture as the photographer and art dealer Alfred Stieglitz.
Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1864 during the Civil War, Stieglitz lived until 1946. He began to take photographs while a student in Berlin in the 1880s and studied with the renowned photochemist Hermann Wilhelm Vogel. On his return to the United States in 1890, he began to advocate that photography should be treated as an art. He wrote many articles arguing his cause, edited the periodicals Camera Notes (1897–1902) and Camera Work (1903–1917), and in 1902 formed the Photo-Secession, an organization of photographers committed to establishing the artistic merit of photography.
Stieglitz photographed New York for more than 25 years, portraying its streets, parks, and newly emerging skyscrapers; its horse-drawn carriages, trolleys, trains, and ferry boats; as well as some of its people. In the late 1910s and early 1920s, he also focused his camera on the landscape around his summer home in Lake George, New York.
In 1918 Stieglitz became consumed with photographing his future wife, the artist Georgia O’Keeffe. For many years he had wanted to make an extended photographic portrait — he called it a composite portrait — in which he would study one person over a long period. Over the next 19 years, he made more than 330 finished portraits of her. Beginning in 1922 and continuing throughout the 1920s, he also became preoccupied with another subject, clouds, making more than 300 finished studies of them.
Photography was always of central importance to Stieglitz: not only was it the medium he employed to express himself, but, more fundamentally, it was the touchstone he used to evaluate all art. Just as it is apparent today that computers and digital technology will dominate not only our lives but also our thinking in this century, so too did Stieglitz realize, long before many of his contemporaries, that photography would be a major cultural force in the 20th century. Fascinated with what he called “the idea of photography,” Stieglitz foresaw that it would revolutionize all aspects of the way we learn and communicate and that it would profoundly alter all of the arts.
Stieglitz’s own photographs were central to his understanding of the medium: they were the instruments he used to plumb both its expressive potential and its relationship to the other arts. When he began to photograph in the early 1880s, the medium was barely 40 years old. Complicated and cumbersome and employed primarily by professionals, photography was seen by most as an objective tool and utilized for its descriptive and recording capabilities.
By the time ill health forced Stieglitz to stop photographing in 1937, photography and the public’s perception of it had changed dramatically, thanks in large part to his efforts. Through the publications he edited, including Camera Notes, Camera Work, and 291; through the exhibitions he organized; and through his own lucid and insightful photographs, Stieglitz had conclusively demonstrated the expressive power of the medium.
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Alfred Stieglitz Photogravure "City of Ambition, " 1910, New York Image
By Alfred Stieglitz
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Alfred Stieglitz (American, Hoboken, New Jersey 1864–1946 New York) "City of Ambition" from Camera Work Number 36 (1910) Photogravure on Japanese tissue mounted on paper, as issued. ...
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Equivalents
By Alfred Stieglitz
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Alfred Stieglitz made the Equivalents cloud studies between 1925 and 1934. They are often recognized as the first photographs free of literal subject matter and considered some of th...
Silver Gelatin
1984 Photo original poster by Stieglitz - Paris
By Alfred Stieglitz
Located in PARIS, FR
In Paris, the Month of Photography is an important artistic event dedicated to photography. This event has been organized since the 1980s and mobilizes many cultural institutions suc...
Paper
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The Ferry Boat by Alfred Stieglitz, 1910, Photogravure, Photography
By Alfred Stieglitz
Located in Denton, TX
The Ferry Boat by Alfred Stieglitz is a photogravure on tissue. The photograph depicts a ferry boat on the water with a crowd of people on the lower level o...
Photogravure
Kate Moss
By Annie Kevans
Located in New York, NY
Listing includes framing, free shipping to continental US and a 14-day return policy. Kate Moss by Annie Kevans 20 x 16 inch paper 16 x 20 inch image Archival pigment print Edition 15 of 50 Signed and edition on the front of the print Frame is in fair condition and is included for free due the condition issues. The print itself is in excellent condition. If you would like the print sent unframed the cost is the same. Please let us know if you would prefer to have us ship the print unframed. Artist Biography - Kevans’ paintings reflect her interests in power, manipulation and the role of the individual in inherited belief systems. She looks at alternative histories and how they relate to current issues and creates what she describes as ‘anti-portraits’ that may or may not be based on real documentation. She believes that, as her work is concept driven, sometimes the actual similarity to the person depicted in the work is irrelevant. This can be seen in her 'Boys' series which is not about portraying dictators as they really looked as children but rather about the notion of the ‘innocent child’ which has influenced images of children in art...
Canvas, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$3,350
H 39.97 in W 25.01 in D 0.04 in
BOAC Speedbird Routes Across the World – Original Vintage British Airline Poster
By Harold Foster
Located in Zurich, CH
Original Vintage Airline Poster by Harold Foster. He created several designs commissioned by the British Overseas Airways Corporation ...
Paper
$39,300
H 26.78 in W 38.59 in D 0.04 in
Les Musiciennes – lithograph, hand-signed and numbered
By Le Corbusier
Located in Zurich, CH
Together with "Bouteilles" one of the largest and most sought after lithographs by Le Corbusier, printed by Mourlot on Arches after a collage by LC....
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$6,036
H 13.39 in W 10.44 in
"How to Create a Beautiful Picture 6: Tights in Shimotakaido" – Daido Moriyama
By Daido Moriyama
Located in Zurich, CH
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$4,099
H 29.53 in W 24.02 in D 0.01 in
Figurative photograph nude fine art print, Contemporary black white - Sandrine
By Ian Sanderson
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Sandrine ‘. Signed by Ian Sanderson ...
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H 8 in W 8 in
"Earle and Carolyn Brown at the Stevenson's in Brewster" Cy Twombly
By Cy Twombly
Located in New York, NY
Cy Twombly Earle and Carolyn Brown at the Stevenson's in Brewster, 1955 Identified and inscribed on the reverse by the sitter Carolyn Brown Photograph on paper 8 x 8 inches Provenance Gift of the artist Estate of Carolyn Brown, New York 2025. Cy Twombly gained fame for his art that combined cultural, historical, and poetic elements—particularly those from classical antiquity—with abstract shapes and his distinctive script. Born Edwin Parker Twombly, Jr. on April 25, 1928, in Lexington, Virginia, he began his artistic journey under the guidance of Pierre Daura and Marion Junkin at Washington and Lee University. This initial training was complemented by his formative experiences at the Arts Students League of New York and Black Mountain College, where he established enduring friendships with influential figures like Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage, and Merce Cunningham. A pivotal moment for Twombly was his 1952 trip to Italy and North Africa with Rauschenberg, funded by a grant from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. This journey allowed Twombly to engage deeply with the rich cultural history that would inform his future artistic endeavors, leading to the creation of significant early pieces. Twombly made his way back to Italy in 1957 and 1958, during which he presented his first solo exhibition in Italy at Galleria La Tartaruga, owned by Plinio De Martiis. In 1959, he married Luisa Tatiana...
Photographic Paper
$2,163
H 18.9 in W 13.78 in D 0.79 in
Italian Painter’s Portrait Engravings on Laid Paper on Canvas in Ebonized Frames
By Giovanni Domenico Campiglia 1
Located in Firenze, IT
These beautiful Italian 18th Centruy engravings on laid paper feature the portrait of two famous Italian painters: Veronese and Guido Reni. They were engraved by Pier Antonio Pazzi a...
Cotton Canvas, Laid Paper, Engraving
Faithful Companion, Samode Palace, 2020
By Karen Knorr
Located in New York, NY
Listing includes framing with UV plexi ($1,700 value), free shipping to the continental USA, and a 14-day return policy. Also available for local pick up from our New York gallery. A Faithful...
Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment
$3,416
H 21.26 in W 29.53 in D 0.08 in
Punk - Signed Archival Pigment Print, Black and White, Limited Edition
By Ian Sanderson
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Punk ‘ Signed by Ian Sanderson lower...
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment
$2,847
H 14.38 in W 19.69 in D 0.08 in
Signed limited edition Figurative photo, Black white man, Homoerotic - Mathew 2
By Ian Sanderson
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Mathew 2 ‘ who was captured on film in...
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'Blurry Reality' vintage Manhattan photograph
By Fernando Natalici
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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Silver Gelatin
$3,758
H 35.44 in W 25.99 in D 0.01 in
Nadia-Signed limited edition nude photography, Contemporary black white, Sensual
By Ian Sanderson
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Nadia - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5 Sexy photo shoot of a woman in profile, hunched over an old dentist's chair with a su...
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Jerusalem
By Corinne Vionnet
Located in New York, NY
Listing includes framing with UV plexi, free shipping in the US, and 14-day return policy. Corinne Vionnet Jerusalem from the series "Photo Opportunities" 15 x 20 inch archival pig...
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Kitchen Counter II, 2018
By Heather Oelklaus
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Cameraless – A cameraless image is produced on photographic material without the aid of a camera or lenses.
Silver Gelatin
$1,750
H 24 in W 36 in D 0.1 in
"Free Fallin" Photography 24" x 36" in Edition of 15 by Larsen Sotelo
By Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Free Fallin" Photography 24" x 36" in Edition of 15 by Larsen Sotelo Not framed. Ships in a tube Signed and numbered by the artist. Comes with COA issued by the artist. Available...
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H 38 in W 14.5 in D 0.1 in
1989 Alfred Stieglitz 'Spring Showers' Photography USA Offset Lithograph
By Alfred Stieglitz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 38 x 14.5 inches ( 96.52 x 36.83 cm ) Image Size: 31.75 x 12.5 inches ( 80.645 x 31.75 cm ) Framed: No Condition: B: Very Good Condition, with signs of handling or age...
Offset
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H 7.88 in W 11 in D 0.2 in
Alfred Stieglitz Photogravure "Hand of Man, " 1902 - Atmospheric Train Subject
By Alfred Stieglitz
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Alfred Stieglitz (American, Hoboken, New Jersey 1864–1946 New York) "The Hand of Man" from Camera Work Number 36 (1902) Photogravure on Japanese tiss...
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H 25 in W 22 in D 3 in
Alfred Steiglitz Signed Original Vintage Toned Gelatin Silver Print, circa 1900
By Alfred Stieglitz
Located in Kingston, NY
Alfred Steiglitz signed original vintage toned gelatin silver photographic print, circa 1900. Steiglitz did a series of night images and was known...
Wood, Paper
CITY OF AMBITION
By Alfred Stieglitz
Located in Santa Monica, CA
ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864 – 1946) CITY OF AMBITION, 1910 Photogravure from Camera Work No. 36 On thin paper. Image 8 ¾ x 6 5/8”. Full sheet 11 ½ x 7 7/8”...
Photogravure
THE FERRY BOAT
By Alfred Stieglitz
Located in Santa Monica, CA
ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864 – 1946) THE FERRY BOAT, 1911 Photogravure, plate 5 from Camera Work, No 36 On thin paper. Image 8 ¼”x...
Photogravure
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H 14.25 in W 11 in D 0.75 in
“Georgia O'Keeffe” A Portrait by Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O'Keeffe
By Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe
Located in valatie, NY
Georgia O'Keeffe, a portrait by Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O'Keeffe. The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Viking Press, 1978. First edition hardcover with dust...
Paper
Two Towers, New York
By Alfred Stieglitz
Located in New York, NY
7.75 x 6.25 inch Camera Work photogravure
Photogravure
The Flat-Iron
By Alfred Stieglitz
Located in Denton, TX
Photogravure from Camera Work Photogravure on tissue Paper size: 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. Image size: 6 3/4 x 3 3/8 in.
Photogravure
Snapshot - In the New York Central Yards
By Alfred Stieglitz
Located in Fairlawn, OH
As published in Camera Work, Vol. 20:45 (1907)