About This Artwork

Alfred Stieglitz
American, 1864–1946

The Steerage, 1907, printed 1915

Photogravure
33.3 x 26.5 cm

Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.847

Greenough 313 From the key set" This gravur, publised as an insert in the deluxe edition of the September–October 1915 issue of 291, was also availablel in a regular edition, printed on a moderately this wove Japan paper"

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Paris, France, Centre Georges Pompidou, "L'invention d'un Art," October 12, 1989–January 1, 1990.

AIC, "Out of a Dark Room: Photographic Variations from the Permanent Collection," April 15–September 10, 1995. (Sylvia Wolf)

AIC, "From Darkroom to Digital: Photographic Variations," November 19, 2005–February 26, 2006. (Elizabeth Siegel)

AIC, "Photography on Display: Modern Treasures," May 9–September 13, 2009.

AIC, "When Collecting Was New: Photographs from the Robert A. Taub Collection," December 15, 2012–May 12, 2013. (Michal Raz-Russo)

Publication History

Annear, Judy, Sarah Greenough, Alfred Stieglitz, and Georgia O'Keefe. 2010. "Alfred Stieglitz: the Lake George years." Exh. cat. Art Gallery of New South Wales. p. 50 (other print of this image)

Arrowsmith, Alexandra and Thomas West. eds. 1992. "Georgia O'Keeffe & Alfred Stieglitz: Two Lives." HarperCollins Publishers, Washington, D.C./Callaway Editions. p. 28. (other print of this image)

Bry, Doris. 1965. "Alfred Stieglitz: Photographer." Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. pl. 8. (other print of this image)

Greenough, Sarah and Hamilton, Juan. 1982. "Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs & Writings." Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art. pl. 18. (other print of this image)

Greenough, Sarah. 2002. “Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Volume One 1886-1922.” National Gallery of Art, Washington/ Harry N. Abrams. p. 193. pl. 313. (Catalogue Raisonne)

Lyons, Nathan, ed. 1966. "Photographers on Photography." Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. pl. 51. (other print of this image)

Norman, Dorothy. 1960. "Alfred Stieglitz, 1864-1946." New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce. p. 60. (other print of this image)

Norman, Dorothy. 1973. "Alfred Stieglitz: An American Seer." Random House, New York. pl. XVI. (other print of this image)

Szarkowski, John. 1995. "Alfred Stieglitz at Lake George." Museum of Mordern Art, New York. p. 14. (other print of this image)




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