The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

The Terminal

The Terminal

1893 (printed 1911)
(American, 1864–1946)
Image: 12.1 x 15.7 cm (4 3/4 x 6 3/16 in.); Paper: 27.9 x 19.9 cm (11 x 7 13/16 in.)
Location: not on view

Description

Alfred Stieglitz valued the subtle qualities of prints by fine art photographers. He personally supervised the printing of Camera Work, a prestigious art journal he published that advocated for photography’s place as a fine art. He produced the photogravures from artists’ original negatives whenever possible. Here is a rare opportunity to compare Stieglitz’s The Terminal, printed using two different photomechanical techniques. Stieglitz declared the image a milestone not only for him but for photography and seeing itself. How do the slight differences—the cropping and the range of light-to-dark values, among others—affect the image for you?
  • Collection of Karen and Walter Holtkamp
  • Photographs in Ink. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 20, 2022-April 2, 2023).
    Shadows and Dreams: Pictorialist Photography in America. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 5, 2015-January 17, 2016).
  • {{cite web|title=The Terminal|url=false|author=Alfred Stieglitz|year=1893 (printed 1911)|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2014.421