Edward Steichen - Balzac, The Open Sky, 1911
Maker: Edward Steichen (1879-1973)
Born: Luxembourg
Active: USA
Medium: photogravure
Size: 8.2 in x 6.2 in
Location: France
Object No. 2009.079
Shelf: A-9
Publication: Camera Work, Stieglitz, Steichen and Their Contemporaries, Photofile, Thames & Hudson 1991, pl 12
Edward Steichen, The Early Years, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, pl 48
Camera Work, A Pictorial Guide, Dover, 1978, pg 95
Camera Work, The Complete Illustrations 1903-1917, Taschen, 1997 pg562
Weston Naef, The Collection of Alfred Stieglitz, Metropolitan Museum of Art/Viking Press, New York, 1978, pg 458, #485
Pygmalion Photographe, La Sculpture devant la Camera, 1844-1936, Musee d''Art et d'Histoire, Geneve, 1985, pl 117
Other Collections: Musee d'Orsay
Provenance: Lee Gallery
Rank: 960
Notes: Edward Steichen is one of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. Born in Luxemburg in 1879, his parents emigrated to the USA when he was three. He led several lives: in the late 19th century, he worked with Alfred Stieglitz and contributed to the establishment of photography as an art medium. In the early 1900s, he went to France and became the official photographer of sculptor Auguste Rodin; he then took some of the world's most iconic photographs (Rodin's Balzac - Rodin & Le Penseur - The Thinker). He was back in France in 1917 as the US Army head of photography. Back in the States he shot what is considered the first fashion photograph of art history and went on to become one of the leading fashion photographers of his time. From 1947 to 1962, he was the head of the photography department at the MOMA in New York. He died in 1973, aged 93
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Edward Steichen - Balzac, The Open Sky, 1911
Maker: Edward Steichen (1879-1973)
Born: Luxembourg
Active: USA
Medium: photogravure
Size: 8.2 in x 6.2 in
Location: France
Object No. 2009.079
Shelf: A-9
Publication: Camera Work, Stieglitz, Steichen and Their Contemporaries, Photofile, Thames & Hudson 1991, pl 12
Edward Steichen, The Early Years, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, pl 48
Camera Work, A Pictorial Guide, Dover, 1978, pg 95
Camera Work, The Complete Illustrations 1903-1917, Taschen, 1997 pg562
Weston Naef, The Collection of Alfred Stieglitz, Metropolitan Museum of Art/Viking Press, New York, 1978, pg 458, #485
Pygmalion Photographe, La Sculpture devant la Camera, 1844-1936, Musee d''Art et d'Histoire, Geneve, 1985, pl 117
Other Collections: Musee d'Orsay
Provenance: Lee Gallery
Rank: 960
Notes: Edward Steichen is one of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. Born in Luxemburg in 1879, his parents emigrated to the USA when he was three. He led several lives: in the late 19th century, he worked with Alfred Stieglitz and contributed to the establishment of photography as an art medium. In the early 1900s, he went to France and became the official photographer of sculptor Auguste Rodin; he then took some of the world's most iconic photographs (Rodin's Balzac - Rodin & Le Penseur - The Thinker). He was back in France in 1917 as the US Army head of photography. Back in the States he shot what is considered the first fashion photograph of art history and went on to become one of the leading fashion photographers of his time. From 1947 to 1962, he was the head of the photography department at the MOMA in New York. He died in 1973, aged 93
To view our archive organized by themes and subjects, visit: OUR COLLECTIONS
For information about reproducing this image, visit: THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY ARCHIVE