Alfred Stieglitz

The City of Ambition
1910, printed 1911

Vintage sepia-toned photograph depicting a cityscape with towering buildings, some emitting smoke from their rooftops, alongside a river with a boat. A bridge spans the river, and the silhouette of a person is visible in the foreground. The photo is mounted on a beige paper with rough edges.

Vintage sepia-toned photograph depicting a cityscape with towering buildings, some emitting smoke from their rooftops, alongside a river with a boat. A bridge spans the river, and the silhouette of a person is visible in the foreground. The photo is mounted on a beige paper with rough edges.

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Date
1910, printed 1911

Classification
Prints

Medium
Photogravure

Dimensions
Mount: 11 15/16 × 8 1/4in. (30.3 × 21 cm) Sheet: 11 7/16 × 7 7/8in. (29.1 × 20 cm) Image: 8 13/16 × 6 9/16in. (22.4 × 16.7 cm)

Accession number
2007.49

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Arnhold Foundation

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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