Lot 49
  • 49

Edward Steichen

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Edward Steichen
  • 'Triumph of the Egg', 1921
  • Silver print
Toned vintage silver print. Titled by the photographer in pencil on the reverse. Mounted and framed.

Provenance

Gift of Grace M. Mayer to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989
Sotheby's New York, Important Photographs from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 14 February 2006, lot 9

Literature

Keith F. Davis, An American Century of Photography: From Dry-Plate to Digital: The Hallmark Photographic Collection, Kansas City, 1999, ill. pl. 137 (another image of this print);
Joanna Steichen, Steichen's Legacy. Photographs 1895 - 1973, New York, Alfred. A. Knopf, 2000, pl. 233 (variant).

Condition

This silver print is in very good condition. Corners are slightly worn. Edges are partially slightly worn. With a tiny bump near the upper left corner at the left edge.
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