Alfred Stieglitz (Photography at the Mus?e D'Orsay) [Paperback]

Françoise Helibrun (Author)

Book Description

Series: Photography at the Mus?e D'Orsay | Publication Date: April 2005

Alfred Stieglitz (1864 - 1946) was internationally famous in his time. He was the founder of Photo-Secession and the editor of Camera Work magazine. Later, he mounted pioneering exhibitions of European avant-garde art, from C,zanne to Picasso, in his gallery at 291 Fifth Avenue, New York. This book's publication coincides with a major Stieglitz retrospective at the Mus,e d'Orsay, accompanied by an exhibition of the Stieglitz prints in its own collection. It includes images from his Pictorial period (1890-1910), particularly some strikingly impressionistic views of New York (gravures from Camera Work), capturing the city's phenomenal growth at the turn of the century. Stieglitz's later work is magnificently represented in prints recently donated by the Georgia O'Keefe Foundation. These sharply focused and highly descriptive works communicate the photographer's distinctive approach to reality. The admirable nude shots of the artist Georgia O'Keefe (later Stieglitz's wife) are highly original close-

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

The photographic collection of the Musée d’Orsay was assembled in the late 1970s when the museum was created. It now contains over 55,000 prints and negatives ranging from the early days of photography to 1914. A permanent gallery was opened in Autumn 2002 to display this outstanding set of works. The Photography at Orsay series, co-published by 5 Continents Editions and the Musée d’Orsay, accompanies thematic exhibitions held at the gallery. It offers an affordable set of reference works on photography written by the museum’s specialists and illustrated with works displayed in the exhibitions, many of which are reproduced for the first time.

About the Author

Francoise Heilbrun is curator for photography at the Musee d'Orsay. She has published many books including: Album de photo-collages de l'Angleterre Victorienne (1997), Paul Burty Haviland (1996), La Comtesse de Castiglione par elle-meme (1999), La Photographie au musee d'Orsay (2000) and Gauguin et la Photographie (2003).

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: 5Continents (April 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 8874391757
• ISBN-13: 978-8874391752
• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,537,369 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)