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After the Taking of Iwo Jima Island
After the Taking of Iwo Jima Island

After the Taking of Iwo Jima Island

Artist Edward Steichen (American, born Luxembourg, 1879 - 1973)
Date1943; printed ca. 1960
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 11/16 × 13 7/8 inches (24.61 × 35.24 cm)
Sheet: 10 3/16 × 14 3/8 inches (25.88 × 36.51 cm)
Mat: 18 1/2 × 21 7/8 inches (46.99 × 55.56 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.2195
SignedSigned on window mat recto, lower right, in pencil: "STEICHEN"; Partially signed on image recto, lower right: "STEI"; Signed and dated on mat verso, center, in pencil: "Edward Steichen / 1945".
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mat verso, upper left, in pencil: "1-15-69"; On mat verso, central left, in pencil: "8847 / 7 [circled] / (+mat)".
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DescriptionImage of rocky earth surface with four cigarette butts in the lower left corner.Provenance
Purchased from the artist by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1969;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

 

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