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Alfred Stieglitz at 291

Edward J. Steichen American, born Luxembourg
Person in Photograph Alfred Stieglitz American
1915
Not on view
291 Fifth Avenue was the address of Alfred Stieglitz's first gallery, the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession, commonly known as "291." Stieglitz opened the gallery in 1905, promoting and exhibiting fine art photography in what had formerly been Steichen's studio. 291 would soon offer Americans their first opportunity to see exceptional modern painting in exhibitions featuring the Europeans Henri Matisse, Auguste Rodin, Pablo Picasso, and Paul Cézanne, and the Americans John Marin, Arthur Dove, and Marsden Hartley. Steichen's portrait of Stieglitz, made shortly before Stieglitz closed 291 in June 1917, captures the bristling power of this persuasive early advocate of the avant-garde.

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  • Title: Alfred Stieglitz at 291
  • Artist: Edward J. Steichen (American (born Luxembourg), Bivange 1879–1973 West Redding, Connecticut)
  • Person in Photograph: Alfred Stieglitz (American, Hoboken, New Jersey 1864–1946 New York)
  • Date: 1915
  • Medium: Gum bichromate over platinum print
  • Dimensions: 28.8 x 24.2 cm (11 5/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1933
  • Object Number: 33.43.29
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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