EDWARD STEICHEN (1879-1973) - photo 1
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EDWARD STEICHEN (1879-1973)

Lot 4
09.11.2022 19:00UTC -05:00
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$ 11 840 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 838965
Lot 4 | EDWARD STEICHEN (1879-1973)
Estimate value
$ 2 000 000 – 3 000 000
EDWARD STEICHEN (1879-1973)

The Flatiron

signed and dated 'Steichen MDCCCCV' (lower right)

gum-bichromate over platinum print

Sheet: 19 x 14 3/4 in. (48.3 x 37.5 cm.)

1904, printed 1905





Provenance

John (grandnephew of the artist) and Liz Steichen (by descent from the artist).

Keith de Lellis, New York (acquired from the above, January 1992).

Acquired from the above by the late owner, 2001.



Literature

E. Steichen, A Life in Photography, Doubleday, Garden City, 1963 (another print illustrated, pl. 32).

The Collection of Alfred Stieglitz: Fifty Pioneers of Modern Photography, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1978, p. 143 (another print illustrated, pl. 58).

A. Stieglitz, Camera Work: A Pictorial Guide, New York, 1978, p. 39 (another print illustrated, pl. VIII).

The Art of Seeing: Photographs from the Alfred Stieglitz Collection, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1978 (another print illustrated, pl. 29).

E. Steichen, Steichen: The Master Prints 1895-1914, New York, 1978, p. 135 (another print illustrated, pl. 56).

P. Roberts, Alfred Stieglitz: Camera Work, the Complete Illustrations, Cologne, 1997, p. 278 (another print illustrated).

J. Smith, Edward Steichen: The Early Years, Princeton, 1999, pp. 18-20 (another print illustrated).

Edward Steichen, exh. cat., The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2000, p. 67 (another print illustrated, pl. 26).

E. Steichen, Steichen's Legacy: Photographs 1895-1973, New York, 2000, p.168 (another print illustrated, pl. 143).

Edward Steichen: Lives in Photography, exh. cat., Jeu de Paume, Paris, 2008, p. 144 (another print illustrated, pl. 103).

Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2010 (another print illustrated, pl. 61-63).



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Artist:Edward Steichen (1879 - 1973)
Art style:Modern art
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