Lower Manhattan

1910 · Photograph

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National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

Checked: 10 days ago
In this state since: Aug 19, 2026
Source: The museum

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Particulars

Accession number: 2009.128.3

What it shows

United States Boats New York City Harbor scene Cityscape, New York

In the catalog

Photographs Modernism 20th century American

Sources

National Gallery of Art
Image: National Gallery of Art — © the artist or rights holder

Meanwhile, in the life of Alfred Stieglitz

The whole life

January – April 1908
Rodin and Matisse at 291
In January 1908 Stieglitz showed drawings by Rodin at his gallery, and in April an exhibition of Matisse, beginning his campaign to introduce the American public to the newest European art.
1909
Death of his father, Edward Stieglitz
His father, Edward Stieglitz (1833–1909), who had once taken the family to Europe for the children's education, died; as he would later do after his mother's death, Alfred buried his grief in his work.
1910
The Albright show and a new round of attacks
In 1910 the director of the Albright Art Gallery invited Stieglitz to organise a major show of the best contemporary photography, which provoked a new round of attacks: American Photography magazine called the Photo-Secession “a reactionary force of the most dangerous type”. “The reputation, not only of the Photo-Secession, but of photography is at stake,” Stieglitz wrote to the photographer George Seeley.
1911
The Met turns down Picasso for $2,000
In 1911 Stieglitz offered the Metropolitan Museum a collection of Picasso's works for $2,000 but was refused: according to the director, such mad things would never be accepted by America. Between 1908 and 1915 he exhibited 89 paintings and drawings by Picasso but could sell only one, which he ended up buying himself.
March – April 1911
Cézanne watercolours and Picasso drawings at 291
In March 1911 Stieglitz presented Cézanne's watercolours to the American public, and in April drawings and watercolours by Picasso.
August 1912
A Camera Work issue on Matisse and Picasso
By the summer of 1912 Stieglitz was so enthralled with non-photographic art that he devoted the August issue of Camera Work entirely to Matisse and Picasso.