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2097R

Edward Steichen

Bivange/Luxembourg 1879 – 1973 West Redding/Connecticut

Thomas Mann, New York. 1934

Gelatin silver print, before 1959. 23,8 x 18,8 cm (9 ⅜ x 7 ⅜ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Edward Steichen. Thomas Mann, New York. 1934.

Estimate:

EUR 1,500

 

- 2,500

USD 1,940

 

- 3,240

Sold for:

1,830 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 199-206

Photography, Wednesday, 28.11.2012

Information

Gelatin silver print, before 1959. 23,8 x 18,8 cm (9 ⅜ x 7 ⅜ in.). Laid down on press board, thereupon on the reverse inscribed in black felt-tip pen: "Edward Steichen" as well as numbered in pencil. The upper left part of the image with colour retouching. With slight handling marks.

From Edward Steichen to the former owner, 22.11.1996, Christie's London, Lot 218, (there with provenance information: Steichen donated it to the present owner when he worked on the organization of the exhibition „Das menschliche Antlitz Europas“), to the present owner

"Das menschliche Antlitz Europas", Stadtmuseum München, 1959

Das menschliche Antlitz Europas, Internationale Fotoausstellung, ed. by Tas Toth, Munich 1959, not paginated
Edward Steichen, Ein Leben für die Fotografie / A life in Photography, ed. by Edward Steichen in collaboration with Museum of Modern Art, Vienna and Düsseldorf 1965, ill. 172

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