Coburn, Alvin Langdon
British (b. US, 1882-1966)

TITLE ON OBJECT: The Flat Iron Building, Evening

1912
platinum print
40.5 x 31.4 cm.
Gift of Alvin Langdon Coburn
GEH NEG: 12378
67:0144:0303

NON-GEH NUMBERS: FP-21 / 51

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Gernsheim, Helmut & Alison. --Alvin Langdon Coburn - Photographer: An Autobiography.-- New York & Washington: Frederick A. Praeger, 1966. pl. 51.//
Szarkowski, John. --Photography Until Now.-- New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1989. p. 165.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 418.//
GEH submitted this image, among others, to the Museum Education Site Licensing Project - Round 1, 1994.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882-1966)", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, October 14, 1977 - January 29, 1978.//
"The Photo Secession: The Golden Age of Pictorial Photography in America", US, NH, Manchester, Currier Gallery of Art, April 1983.//
"Alvin Langdon Coburn: Symbolist Photographer", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Travel, *** no exhib date given ***.//
"Photography Until Now", US, NY, New York, Museum of Modern Art - International Council Gall February 14 - May 29, 1990.//
"The Prowed Tower: Early Images of the Flatiron Building", US, NY, New York, Berry-Hill Galleries, November 14 - December 28, 1991.//
"Alvin Langdon Coburn", Germany, Cologne, Roman, September 11 - October 25, 1998.//
"Alvin Langdon Coburn", US, NY, Rochester, GEH -, February 20 - April 8, 1999.//

INSCRIPTION: mount verso-(in pencil) "The Flat Iron Building, Evening, 1912" "51 (circled)" "FP 21"

NOTES: Catalogued 4/85, HA/PB, updated 8/91, DZ. updated 10/94, MS.

SUBJECTS:
architecture, buildings / Flatiron Building
cityscape, evening
street scene, figures in