Scholarly Article

1937 New York (An American Place)

Publication History

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Alfred Stieglitz Lifetime Exhibition: 1937, New York

An American Place, “Beginnings and Landmarks: ‘291’ 1905–1917,” 27 October–27 December

Works Exhibited

16 Sun Rays, 1889 (later print)
17 Five Points, New York, 1893 (later print)
18 Hand of Man, 1902 (photogravure)
19 The Steerage, 1907 (photogravure)

Notes

Nos. 16–18 are depicted in installation photographs at YCAL

Select Reviews

Elizabeth McCausland, “Retrospective Show of Modernist Pioneers,” The Springfield Sunday Union and Republican (7 November 1937), section E, 6

Ralph Flint, “What Is ‘291’?” Christian Science Monitor Weekly Magazine (17 November 1937), 5

Robert M. Coates, “The Art Galleries: Picassos Everywhere—Stieglitziana,” The New Yorker 13:4 (20 November 1937), 89–90