Lot Essay
This work was printed in conjunction with the exhibition Steichen the Photographer presented by The Museum of Modern Art in 1961.
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Rodin, 'Le Penseur', Paris, 1902
Details
EDWARD STEICHEN (1879–1973)
Rodin, 'Le Penseur', Paris, 1902
gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on board, mounted on second board, printed c. 1961 by Rolf Petersen
signed and dated (in the negative)
image/sheet/flush mount: 13 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (34.3 x 41.8 cm.)
mount: 14 x 17 in. (35.5 x 43.1 cm.)
Rodin, 'Le Penseur', Paris, 1902
gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on board, mounted on second board, printed c. 1961 by Rolf Petersen
signed and dated (in the negative)
image/sheet/flush mount: 13 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (34.3 x 41.8 cm.)
mount: 14 x 17 in. (35.5 x 43.1 cm.)
Provenance
Gifted by the artist to the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Literature
Beaumont Newhall, The History of Photography from 1839 to the present day, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1964, p. 107.
Exhibition catalogue, The Art of Photography 1839–1989, The Royal Academy of the Arts, London, 1989, p. 163.
Exhibition catalogue, On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Photography, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1989, pl. 174, p. 202.
Exhibition catalogue, The Waking Dream: Photography's First Century. Selections from the Gilman Paper Company Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1993, cat. no. 169, pl. 143, p. 197.
Exhibition catalogue, The Art of Photography 1839–1989, The Royal Academy of the Arts, London, 1989, p. 163.
Exhibition catalogue, On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Photography, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1989, pl. 174, p. 202.
Exhibition catalogue, The Waking Dream: Photography's First Century. Selections from the Gilman Paper Company Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1993, cat. no. 169, pl. 143, p. 197.
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