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In the New York Central Yards
In the New York Central Yards

In the New York Central Yards

Artist Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946
Date1903, printed 1911
MediumVintage photogravure on tissue (from Camera Work)
Dimensionsheight and width: 7 5/8 × 6 1/4 in. (19.4 × 15.9 cm)
frame: 20 1/2 × 16 3/8 × 1 1/2 in. (52.1 × 41.6 × 3.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineGift of the family of Julian T. Baker Jr. and the Estate of Julian T. Baker Jr.
Object number2012.1.22
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCreated New York, 1903, printed ca. 1911. [Barry Singer Gallery, Petaluma, CA]; Julian T. Baker Jr., Raleigh, NC, 2007; Estate of Julian T. Baker Jr.; [Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ]; sold to NCMA, 2012 [1].

[1] Baker’s will stated that his entire collection should be sold by the Etherton Gallery and the Gitterman Gallery and the proceeds would go to the estate, which were then given to the family. The family then gave the NCMA Foundation a portion of the estate for the purpose of buying 25 photographs from the two galleries (specific photos that had been in Baker’s collection).
Published References“New Acquisitions / A Discerning Eye: Julian T. Baker Jr. Photography Collection,” in North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Fall 2012), illus. 20.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “A Discerning Eye: Julian T. Baker Photography Collection,” June 17–December 2, 2012.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–May 8, 2023.
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