Alfred Stieglitz

The Cronin Gallery, Houston

Gift of the above in 1976 to the present owner

The Target Collection of American Photography

Greenough 313

Dorothy Norman, Alfred Stieglitz: An American Seer (New York, 1973), pl. XVI

Anne Tucker, ed., The Target Collection of American Photography (Houston: The Museum of Fine Arts, 1976), cover (likely this print)

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, A Love Affair with Pictures: 25 Years of Collecting Photographs at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October – December 2001

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Target Collection of American Photography: A Century in Pictures, December 2006 – February 2007; then traveling to Austin Museum of Art, May – August 2007, and Corpus Christi, Art Museum of South Texas, June – August 2008

In his preface to the 1977 exhibition catalogue The Target Collection of American Photography, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Director William C. Agee wrote, "We looked for the picture which would say the most, or would sum up, in so far as possible, the attitude, technique, and approach of each photographer. In some cases, that meant a 'classic' image, such as Alfred Stieglitz's The Steerage, which seemed imperative; to my mind it is the Desmoiselles d'Avignon of modern photography." The Target Collection of American Photography began with a transformative corporate gift in 1976 which funded the creation of the Museum's photography department. The Collection has expanded to comprise over 400 photographs by American artists such as Robert Frank, Dorothea Lange, Joel Sternfeld, Alfred Stieglitz, and Edward Weston, among many others.