STIEGLITZ, Alfred; GREENOUGH, Sarah; HAMILTON, Juan

Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs and Writings

Washington & New York: National Gallery of Art; & Callaway Editions, 1983. Small folio. (14 x 10 3/4 inches). First Edition, 248pp. 73 tri-tone offset photographs printed on specially manufactured archival paper with accompanying text by Greenough, Hamilton, and the photographer himself.

Beige publisher's cloth with black lettering on spine, dust jacket. Fine copy.

The book was published in conjunction with "Alfred Stieglitz," the most comprehensive exhibition of the photographer's work ever mounted, which was innaugurated at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, traveled to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, and then ended at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1983.

Based on the "key set" of Stieglitz photographs donated by Georgia O'Keeffe to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., in 1949 and 1980, this collection is a singular treasure. The selected plates demonstrate the evolution of Stieglitz's photographs and his understanding of the medium. Beginning with early works from the turn of the century, the book includes prints from Stieglitz's renowned series of portraits of O'Keeffe as well as later photographs of New York City and Lake George, notable for their eloquent simplicity. Following the section of seventy-three images are selected essays and letters by Stieglitz (many previously unpublished) to friends and fellow artists such as Sherwood Anderson and Ansel Adams. His work and life are further analyzed by Greenough and Hamilton, whose writing here represents five years of concentrated study and collaboration with various museum experts and the photographer's wife Georgia O'Keefe. This exquisitely printed volume will be welcomed by Stieglitz devotees and anyone who appreciates the fine art of photography. Alfred Stieglitz (January 1, 1864 - July 13, 1946) was an American photographer and modern art promoter who was instrumental over his 50-year career in making photography an accepted art form. In addition to his photography, Stieglitz was known for the New York art galleries that he ran in the early part of the 20th century, where he introduced many avant-garde European artists to the U.S. He was married to painter Georgia O'Keeffe.

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