Edward Steichen, 1879-1973

Vintage silver print, the reverse with photographer's stamp, and Vogue pencil annotations including date and sitter,

Eva Le Galliene was born in London in 1899, the daughter of poet and journalist Richard Le Gallienne and Danish journalist Julie Noiregar.  Moving to New York in 1915, her first success on stage was at age 20 and was followed by other hits. She abandoned her acting career in 1926 and founded the Civic Repertory Theatre, which closed in 1933. Thirty-two of the thirty-four plays presented there were directed by Le Gallienne.  In later life she continued to lecture, tour and act, and won the National Medal of Arts in 1986.  Le Gallienne died in June 1991.