Alfred Stieglitz opened An American Place in 1929.
The gallery was located in New York and became the final major exhibition space operated by Stieglitz. He used it to present the work of artists he supported, including Georgia O'Keeffe, Arthur Dove, John Marin, and Marsden Hartley. The gallery remained active until Stieglitz’s death in 1946.
An American Place followed Stieglitz’s earlier gallery ventures, including 291 and the Intimate Gallery. Its name expressed his commitment to American artists and to a distinctly modern American art scene.
The gallery should not be confused with 291, which was the Fifth Avenue space where O'Keeffe’s drawings were first exhibited in 1916. Both galleries are connected through Stieglitz, but they were separate institutions operating at different times.