Spring Showers - The Street Cleaner, New York
Photograph
1900-1 (photographed)
1900-1 (photographed)
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In 1900, art critic Sadakichi Hartmann addressed photographers in A Plea for the Picturesqueness of New York. Stieglitz took up the challenge with pictures such as this, taken at 111 Madison Avenue. The scene does not address the bustling reality of the modern city. Instead, it shows the figure of the stooped worker and the fenced sapling next to him, representing the fragile balance that existed between people, nature and the new urban environment.
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Title | Spring Showers - The Street Cleaner, New York (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Platinum print |
Brief description | Photograph by Alfred Stieglitz, 'Spring Showers - The Street Cleaner, New York', 1900/1901, platinum print |
Physical description | Black and white photograph showing a street scene in the rain. In the centre of the image is a thin tree with sparse leaves and the lower part of the trunk enclosed in a metal cage, with the figure of a street cleaner visible on the left of the image. |
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Credit line | The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund. |
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Summary | In 1900, art critic Sadakichi Hartmann addressed photographers in A Plea for the Picturesqueness of New York. Stieglitz took up the challenge with pictures such as this, taken at 111 Madison Avenue. The scene does not address the bustling reality of the modern city. Instead, it shows the figure of the stooped worker and the fenced sapling next to him, representing the fragile balance that existed between people, nature and the new urban environment. |
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Accession number | RPS.1297-2018 |
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Record created | February 23, 2018 |
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