The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 24, 2024

From 509 Madison Avenue

From 509 Madison Avenue

1946
(American, 1905–1997)
Image: 9.9 x 6.5 cm (3 7/8 x 2 9/16 in.); Mounted: 31.4 x 24.1 cm (12 3/8 x 9 1/2 in.); Paper: 9.9 x 6.5 cm (3 7/8 x 2 9/16 in.)
© Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regent
Location: not on view

Description

Norman shot this image from the window of Alfred Stieglitz’s An American Place gallery in New York shortly after his death. A photographer, gallerist, and major figure in the promotion of modern art and photography as a fine art, Stieglitz was Norman’s mentor, friend, lover, and photography teacher. In this image she was inspired by Stieglitz’s architectural views of Manhattan that focus on the abstract, geometric qualities of skyscrapers rather than their height.
  • The artist, New York, NY
    (Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, NY)
    David Raymond [b.1979], New York, NY
    2009-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E. Hinson, Ian Walker, and Lisa Kurzner. Forbidden Games: Surrealist and Modernist Photography : the David Raymond Collection in the Cleveland Museum of Art. 2014. Reproduced: p. 192, no. 155; mentioned: p. 228; reproduced: p. 229.
  • Forbidden Games: Surrealist and Modernist Photography. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 19, 2014-January 11, 2015).
  • {{cite web|title=From 509 Madison Avenue|url=false|author=Dorothy Norman|year=1946|access-date=24 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2009.476