The city of ambitions
- Title:
- The city of ambitions
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- Landscape and the Environment
- Creator:
- Steiglitz, Alfred
- Creation Date:
- 1910
- ID Number:
- 62
- File Name:
- 62.3268.jpg
- Work Type:
- Photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- photogravures (prints)
- Subject:
- New York City
cityscapes
urban infastructure - Measurement:
- 34.3 x 26 (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- Part of the New York City skyline with a ferry landing and sparkling water in the foreground, and larger and larger buildings as the distance increases. The buildings are rectilinear, and the taller they get the pointier the tops are. The sky above is cloudy but the clouds are bright and there is a crisp delineation between dark buildings and bright sky. Many buildings have plumes of steam or smoke rising from their tops.
- Notes:
- Matted photogravure.
- Cite As:
- Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946), The city of ambition, 1910. Photogravure, 13 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches (34.3 x 26 cm). Bequest of William P. Chapman, Jr., Class of 1895, 62.3268.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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