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Materials:

plus one hundred artist’s proofs; prints contained inside a paper enclosure and an Indian tussah silk and Curtis Tweedweave folio and slipcase with gold lettering.

Size Notes:

overall dimensions 21.25 x 17.125 x 1.50 in. (53.9 x 43.4 x 3.8 cm.)

Description:

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Provenance:

EDWARD STEICHEN (1879–1973) Edward Steichen: The Early Years, 1900-1927 New York: Aperture, Inc., 1981. Portfolio of twelve photogravures made by means of the Talbot-Klic process, each plate pulled on the presses of Atelier de Taille Douce of Saint-Prex, Switzerland; each approximately 10 1/8 x 8 in. (25.7 x 20.3) or the inverse; each sheet 19 7/8 x 15 ¼ in. (50.5 x 38.7 cm.); together with title page, plate list and text by Beaumont Newhall and Mary Steichen Calderone MD.; number thirty-seven from an edition of one thousand, plus one hundred artist’s proofs; prints contained inside a paper enclosure and an Indian tussah silk and Curtis Tweedweave folio and slipcase with gold lettering. overall dimensions 21 ¼ x 17 1/8 x 1 ½ in. (53.9 x 43.4 x 3.8 cm.) Aperture, New York. Acquired from the above by the late owners, 1982.