Alfred Stieglitz
The Flatiron
fromCHF 59.00
Black & white photography
The Steerage
Alfred Stieglitz, 1907
A scene of travellers returning to Europe, seen by Stieglitz as a composition of shapes and forms. It marked a turning point in his work.
CHF 79.00
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- ✓ Stretched on a 2 cm wooden frame, ready to hang
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About this artwork
Taken in 1907, this photograph shows impoverished immigrants making the journey back to Europe. Alfred Stieglitz chose to treat the scene as a study in shape and form, and the image set him on a path from pictorialism towards modernism. Looking back on his career in 1942, he named it an achievement of modern art that anticipated Cubism. Stieglitz was an American photographer who spent some fifty years helping to establish photography as an art form, so this picture sits at an important point in that story.
On your wall: Its black and white tones and graphic structure suit studies, hallways, living rooms and offices, especially alongside simple, modern furnishings.
- Title
- The Steerage
- Artist
- Alfred Stieglitz
- Year
- 1907
- Style
- Black & white photography
- Shape
- Portrait
Public domain (CC0). Image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Text based on Cleveland Museum of Art (CC0).
About Alfred Stieglitz
Alfred Stieglitz was an American photographer who, across a career of some fifty years, did much to establish photography as an accepted art form. He also ran galleries in New York in the early twentieth century, where many avant-garde European artists were shown to American audiences. He was married to the painter Georgia O'Keeffe.
Based on Wikipedia.
Canvas and printing
Printed on canvas and stretched over a 2 cm FSC-certified wooden frame, with the image wrapping around the edges. Framed versions sit in a wooden floater frame in black, natural or dark wood.
Delivery and returns
Every canvas is printed to order by our partner in Germany: framed canvases arrive in 6–11 working days, unframed ones in 7–12 working days. Delivery is free in Switzerland on orders from CHF 99. We also deliver to the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and many more countries, printed close to you where possible. You can return an undamaged canvas within 14 days. See delivery and returns.
