Alfred StieglitzAmerican, 1864–1946Camera Work: Winter - Fifth Avenue
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Where is “Camera Work: Winter - Fifth Avenue” now? Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Cleveland, United States
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About the painting
Winter, Fifth Avenue is a black and white photograph taken by Alfred Stieglitz in 1893. The photograph was made at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Thirty-Fifth Street in New York City. It depicts a horse-drawn omnibus pushing through a fierce blizzard and is considered one of the most significant early works in Stieglitz's career and a landmark image in the history of American photography. The photograph became the centerpiece of Stieglitz's 1897 article "The Hand Camera—Its Present Importance," and was exhibited and published at least twenty-five times before 1900.
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- 1995.199.12.b
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Display history
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Sep 29, 2026 — now · Verified
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The Museum of Modern Art · Sep 29, 2026 — Sep 29, 2026 · Verified
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The Museum of Modern Art · Sep 26, 2026 — Sep 27, 2026 · Verified
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The Museum of Modern Art · Sep 25, 2026 — Sep 26, 2026 · Verified
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Sources
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Image: Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
In the life of Alfred Stieglitz
The whole life1890
His sister Flora dies; he returns to New York
In 1890 his sister Flora died in childbirth, and Stieglitz returned to New York. Considering himself an artist, he refused to sell his photographs, so his father bought him a small photography business, the Photochrome Engraving Company, which rarely made a profit because of his demand for quality and the high wages he paid.
spring 1893
Co-editor of The American Amateur Photographer
In the spring of 1893 Stieglitz became co-editor of The American Amateur Photographer but refused a salary: his Photochrome company was now printing the magazine's photogravures, and he wanted to avoid any appearance of bias.
c. 16.11.1893
Married: Emmeline Stieglitz
