拍品专文
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Dear Aline & Charlie: I am herewith sending you one of my photographs of New New York in appreciation of your helping to make An American Place possible. - I hope you feel that the Place is at least not a complete loss.
Cordial Greetings -
Alfred S.
The Liebmans had been friendly with Stieglitz since 1913 when Aline Liebman began to subscribe to Camera Work. The Liebmans' financial and moral support is often acknowledged in their correspondence, all of which is in the Archives of American Art. The relationship they shared was important enough to the photographer and gallerist that he would inform them of his business affairs. When Stieglitz decided to close The Intimate Gallery he wrote Mrs. Liebman:
Dec. 25 29
Dear Aline: I want to thank you and Charlie for making it possible to continue the work. - With the closing of "Room 303" I believed there'd be an interim. But somehow I find myself on the job from January 1st again. I know you'll enjoy the Place & its Spirit. So will Charlie. My thanks again & best wishes & greetings -
Alfred S.
Mrs. Liebman's daughter recalled that "The Place": was An American Place. Here Stieglitz continued to protect art and artist. The burden of responsibility weighed heavily upon him, and he would worry as to the fate of all this beauty, once he was gone. One day when the walls were bare, he said he felt at peace, as in church. (Aline Meyer Liebman: Pioneer Collector and Artist, p. 35)
The title Stieglitz gives this view is self-referential, not only recalling his earlier New York view, Old and New New York of 1910 (see Camera Work, Number 36, pl. VI) but also indicating a breath of optimism in his belief that An American Place would continue, not end his championing photography and the art of his peers and colleagues.
Prints of this image are in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Dear Aline & Charlie: I am herewith sending you one of my photographs of New New York in appreciation of your helping to make An American Place possible. - I hope you feel that the Place is at least not a complete loss.
Cordial Greetings -
Alfred S.
The Liebmans had been friendly with Stieglitz since 1913 when Aline Liebman began to subscribe to Camera Work. The Liebmans' financial and moral support is often acknowledged in their correspondence, all of which is in the Archives of American Art. The relationship they shared was important enough to the photographer and gallerist that he would inform them of his business affairs. When Stieglitz decided to close The Intimate Gallery he wrote Mrs. Liebman:
Dec. 25 29
Dear Aline: I want to thank you and Charlie for making it possible to continue the work. - With the closing of "Room 303" I believed there'd be an interim. But somehow I find myself on the job from January 1st again. I know you'll enjoy the Place & its Spirit. So will Charlie. My thanks again & best wishes & greetings -
Alfred S.
Mrs. Liebman's daughter recalled that "The Place": was An American Place. Here Stieglitz continued to protect art and artist. The burden of responsibility weighed heavily upon him, and he would worry as to the fate of all this beauty, once he was gone. One day when the walls were bare, he said he felt at peace, as in church. (Aline Meyer Liebman: Pioneer Collector and Artist, p. 35)
The title Stieglitz gives this view is self-referential, not only recalling his earlier New York view, Old and New New York of 1910 (see Camera Work, Number 36, pl. VI) but also indicating a breath of optimism in his belief that An American Place would continue, not end his championing photography and the art of his peers and colleagues.
Prints of this image are in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Art Institute of Chicago.