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Alfred Stieglitz, Radio City, Morning, 1935
1935, gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on board, mounted on card
Christie's, New York
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Stieglitz photographed the changing Manhattan skyline from the Shelton Hotel apartment he shared with Georgia O’Keeffe. This print was formerly at MoMA and appeared in its 1944 and 1984 exhibitions.
Condition: No notable issues
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The fact sheet
- Medium
- gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on board, mounted on card
- Dimensions
- Image/sheet/flush mount: 23.2 x 19.1 cm (9 1/8 x 7 1/2 in)
- Signed or inscribed
- Annotated Museum / Stieglitz and numbered 333.42 by unknown hands (secondary mount, verso)
- Provenance
- MoMA (1942); Sotheby’s New York, 25 April 2001, lot 138; Pace/MacGill; acquired by late owner in 2003.
- Exhibited
- New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Art in Progress: 15th Anniversary Exhibition, May-September 1944. New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Inaugural Installation of the Photography Collection Galleries, May 1984.
Quick facts
- Former MoMA collection
- Exhibited at MoMA in 1944 and 1984
- Image dated 1935; historically exhibited as 1934
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Christie's estimate
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$400,000–$600,000
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