June 1 – December 10, 2018 East Building, Ground Level - Gallery 106A
Alfred Stieglitz, Lake George, 1922, gelatin silver print, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.3.1104
This exhibition is no longer on view at the National Gallery.
A journalist writing in 1926 described the relationship between the artist John Marin and the photographer and gallery director Alfred Stieglitz as one of “mutual admiration which, expressed by the silent loyalty on the part of the non-communicative Marin, is heralded widely by Mr. Stieglitz, who seems never to feel happier than when praising the genius of Marin.” These collaborators, who worked, as Stieglitz wrote, to prove that “water- color is a major medium in the hands of one like Marin,” met in 1909 and remained steadfast friends until Stieglitz’s death in 1946. Stieglitz first exhibited Marin’s work at his New York gallery 291 in 1910 and showed it almost every year thereafter. He gave him frequent financial support. The two shared subjects as well — especially New York City and the natural world — and frequently drew inspiration from one another’s work.
About this Series American Art, 1900–1950: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
During a period fueled by enormous urban growth and technological changes, riven by world wars, and rocked by new modes of thought, American artists explored many diverse means to express their changing experience and environment. Prints, drawings, and photographs were vital media through which artists pursued radical experiments in form, figuration, and abstraction. Reevaluating European traditions, they developed new ways of seeing the modern world around them.
Complementing the American modernist paintings and sculptures in the adjacent galleries, these rotating installations feature prints, drawings, and photographs by American artists working in the first half of the 20th century. By looking at pairs or groups of artists, or at broader themes such as abstract portraiture or the Machine Age, the installations spark conversations between established and lesser-known figures in American modernism and highlight the era’s full range and complexity.
Alfred Stieglitz and John Marin
John Marin, Storm over Taos, 1930, watercolor over graphite, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.2.3
Alfred Stieglitz and John Marin
Alfred Stieglitz, Lake George, 1922, gelatin silver print, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.3.480
Alfred Stieglitz, Lake George from the Hill, 1932, gelatin silver print, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.3.726
Alfred Stieglitz and John Marin
Alfred Stieglitz, Grass and Frost, 1934, gelatin silver print, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.3.737
Alfred Stieglitz and John Marin
Alfred Stieglitz, Grasses, 1933, gelatin silver print, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.3.738
Alfred Stieglitz and John Marin
John Marin, Deer Isle, Maine, 1926, watercolor over graphite on wove paper, Gift of John Marin, Jr., 1986.54.82
Alfred Stieglitz and John Marin
John Marin, Alfred Stieglitz, Brooklyn Bridge and Lower New York, 1913, etching in black on wove paper, Gift of Norma B. Marin, 2005.98.150
Alfred Stieglitz and John Marin
Alfred Stieglitz, Two Towers—New York, 1911, printed in or before 1913, photogravure on cream moderately thick smooth wove Japanese paper, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.3.326
Alfred Stieglitz and John Marin
John Marin, Alfred Stieglitz, Woolworth Building (The Dance), 1913, etching and drypoint in black on wove paper, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Florian Carr Fund and Gift of the Print Research Foundation, 2008.115.210
Alfred Stieglitz and John Marin
Alfred Stieglitz, The Steerage, 1907, printed in or before 1913, photogravure on cream moderately thick smooth wove Japanese paper, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.3.292
Alfred Stieglitz and John Marin
John Marin, Woolworth Building, No. 1, 1913, etching with monoprint inking in black on wove paper, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Florian Carr Fund and Gift of the Print Research Foundation, 2008.115.211
Alfred Stieglitz and John Marin
Alfred Stieglitz, Grass and Flagpole, 1933, gelatin silver print, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.3.736
Alfred Stieglitz and John Marin
Alfred Stieglitz, Hedge and Grasses—Lake George, 1933, gelatin silver print, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.3.740
Alfred Stieglitz and John Marin
Alfred Stieglitz, Little House, Lake George, probably 1933, gelatin silver print, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.3.745
Alfred Stieglitz and John Marin
Alfred Stieglitz, Little House, Lake George, probably 1933, gelatin silver print, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.3.771
Alfred Stieglitz and John Marin
Alfred Stieglitz, House and Grape Leaves, 1934, gelatin silver print, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.3.776
Alfred Stieglitz and John Marin
Alfred Stieglitz, House and Grape Leaves, 1934, gelatin silver print, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.3.778
Alfred Stieglitz and John Marin
Alfred Stieglitz, Lake George, 1922, gelatin silver print, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.3.1104
Organization: Organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington
Passes: Admission is always free and passes are not required
