ART BASEL 2013

For Art Basel 44 Bruce Silverstein Gallery would be pleased to present an exhibition of masterworks from the photographic medium.

We will be featuring historically significant works by the curator and photographer, Alfred Stieglitz: Sunday Afternoon - From My Window, 1111 Madison Avenue, Looking South, 1901; Equivalent O(8), 1929; and Lake George, 1930.  Stieglitz, a revolutionary figure in the history of art, introduced Picasso, Brancusi, Matisse, and Cezanne to the American Public over the years 1904-1917 at his Gallery 291.  In the later half of his career, Stieglitz defined American Modernism through his promotion of the work of Georgia O’Keeffe, Arthur Dove, Charles Demuth, John Marin, Paul Strand, and Marsden Hartley at his Intimate Gallery and An American Place (1925-1946).  Along with his curatorial endeavors, Stieglitz’ own artwork revolutionized the medium of photography and had great ramifications for the history of art.  Stieglitz’ Equivalent series—studies of the sky—explore the abstract and symbolic nature of art.   Stieglitz saw abstraction as the true medium.  In his own work and in his promotion of other artists, he sought to prioritize visual and metaphorical abstraction—artworks which communicate the artist’s inner vision and lived experience though a universal, intuitive and spiritually expressive language.  Extant prints from the Equivalent series are extremely rare.

Also, our stand will feature significant and extremely important works exploring various themes from Modernism to Abstract Expression.  In particular we will feature the vintage prints: Shells, 1927 by Edward Weston; Cut Paper, c.1923 by Jaromir Funke; Hoboken, 1955 by Robert Frank, Gloucester 14, 1944 by Aaron Siskind, and Notre Dame At Night, 1925 by André Kertész.