Spiritual America
negative 1923; print 1920s–1930s
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- 11.5 × 9 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-299207
Alfred Stieglitz's views of photography began to shift dramatically after the First World War. Photographs were no longer simply a reflection of the subject depicted, but also an expression of the photographer's ideas. Stieglitz made this image of a harnessed and castrated horse as a metaphor for early-1920s America, which he perceived as materialist and culturally bankrupt. The animal's hind legs are framed to highlight its restrained muscular energy and the eradication of its sexual power.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Registry history
- negative 1923; print 1920s–1930s — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — photographs
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