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Balzac—Toward the Light, Midnight, Meudon
Balzac—Toward the Light, Midnight, Meudon

Balzac—Toward the Light, Midnight, Meudon

Artist Edward Steichen (American, born Luxembourg, 1879 - 1973)
Date1908
MediumPhotogravure
DimensionsImage: 6 1/4 × 7 15/16 inches (15.88 × 20.16 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 11 1/2 inches (20.64 × 29.21 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.2177
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of male figure statue (Balzac) in center facing a light source out of the frame.Exhibition History
Night Light: a Survey of 20th Century Night Photography, Stephens College, Columbia, MO, January 18 - February 26, 1993, no cat.
Provenance
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1985 ;  
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Copyright© The Estate of Edward Steichen / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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