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EDWARD STEICHEN (1879–1973)
Isadora Duncan at the Portal of the Parthenon, 1921
gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on board, printed before 1961
titled and variously numbered in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (50 x 39.9 cm.)
Provenance
Gifted by the artist to The Museum of Modern Art, 1961.
Literature
Edward Steichen, A Life in Photography, Doubleday and Company, Inc, Garden City, 1963, pl. 86, n.p.
Joanna Steichen, Steichen’s Legacy, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2000, pl. 175, n.p.
Exhibited
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Steichen the Photographer, March 28–May 30, 1961, no. 64.
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This rare oversized exhibition print was displayed in Steichen the Photographer at The Museum of Modern Art in 1961. This important, comprehensive exhibition featured three-hundred works by the artist and a vast range of subject matter, including a particularly large section dedicated to Steichen's portraits.

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