The steerage
- Title:
- The steerage
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- History of photography
- Creator:
- Stieglitz, Alfred
- Creation Date:
- 1915
- ID Number:
- 60
- File Name:
- 60.100.jpg
- Work Type:
- Photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- Photogravures (prints)
- Subject:
- Art and Photography
modernism - Measurement:
- 52.1 x 40.6 (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- Looking from shore to ship at the level of the gangplank toward the many people riding in steerage. Thin slices of two decks are visible: on the upper deck are dozens of men standing closely together, with a few women and children to the right near a stairway down. On the lower deck are many women and children, often wrapped in shawls, with laundry hanging from a line near the mast on the left. Cutting across the center of the frame is the gangway itself, unpopulated, with chain railings on either side. Most of the people are light-skinned and dressed casually and drably.
- Notes:
- Photogravure mounted on paper.
- Cite As:
- Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864-1946), The steerage, 1915. Photogravure, Image/sheet: 45 x 32 cm, Mat: 52.1 x 40.6 cm. Gift of Mrs. E.C. Williams, 60.100.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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