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Alfred Stieglitz — Window: Wood, Glass, Snow
Alfred Stieglitz

Window: Wood, Glass, Snow

A stark and intimate composition, Alfred Stieglitz's *Window: Wood, Glass, Snow* captures the quiet geometry of a frost-laden windowpane, where delicate patterns of snow and ice cling to the glass in ethereal, crystalline formations. The gelatin silver print renders the scene in rich tonal contrasts, emphasizing the interplay between the hard, structural lines of the wooden frame and the soft, organic textures of the snow beyond. Flush-mounted and mounted again, the work reflects Stieglitz's belief in photography as a fine art medium, elevating an ordinary domestic threshold into a meditative study of light, texture, and the passage of winter.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, flush-mounted and mounted again.

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The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation, Part 2

April 4, 2017

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Alfred Stieglitz, Window: Wood, Glass, Snow

A stark and intimate composition, Alfred Stieglitz's *Window: Wood, Glass, Snow* captures the quiet geometry of a frost-laden windowpane, where delicate patterns of snow and ice cling to the glass in ethereal, crystalline formations. The gelatin silver print renders the scene in rich tonal contrasts, emphasizing the interplay between the hard, structural lines of the wooden frame and the soft, organic textures of the snow beyond. Flush-mounted and mounted again, the work reflects Stieglitz's belief in photography as a fine art medium, elevating an ordinary domestic threshold into a meditative study of light, texture, and the passage of winter.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, flush-mounted and mounted again.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Geometric, Monochrome, Bold, American, Photograph, Modernist, Window, Gelatin Silver Print, Abstract, Contemporary

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Collected by

Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art