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Materials:

Gelatin silver print.

Size Notes:

24.1 x 19.1 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)

Edition:

Titled and dated in unidentified hands in pencil on the verso.

Description:

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Condition:

Neutral toned print on semi-matt double weight paper with black margins. Minor loss in the upper right corner. Minor silver mirroring in the image in the darkest blacks and margins; one spot of minimal original retouching in the upper right quadrant, all visible only under raking light. Margins with three minimally bumped corners and minimal edge chipping, all not affecting the image and visible only under close inspection. This print does not fluoresce under ultraviolet light and is sold framed. Sheet: 25.2 x 20.1 cm (9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.) Frame: 65 x 55 cm (25 5/8 x 21 5/8 in.)

Literature:

Vanity Fair, February 1928, p. 49
C. Sandburg, Steichen the photographer, New York: MoMA, 1961, p. 27
E. Steichen, A life in photography, London: W. H. Allen, 1963, pl. 128
Vanity Fair: Photographs of an Age, 1914-1936, London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, p. 93
M. M. Hambourg et al., The New Vision: Photography Between the World Wars, New York: The Met, 1989, p. 33
P. Galassi et al., American Photography, 1890-1965, New York: MoMA, 1995, p. 125
B. Haskell, The American Century: Art and Culture 1900-1950, New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1999, pl. 246
B. Haskell, Edward Steichen, New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2000, cover and p. 79
J. Steichen, Steichen’s Legacy: Photographs, 1895-1973, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000, pl. 79
A. W. Ewing et al., Edward Steichen: In High Fashion: The Condé Nast Years 1923-1937, London: Thames & Hudson, 2008, pl. 36, p. 57

Provenance:

Collection of Joanna Steichen, the photographer's widow<br />Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, 2001