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Steeplechase Day, Paris-After the Races
Steeplechase Day, Paris-After the Races

Steeplechase Day, Paris-After the Races

Artist Edward Steichen (American, born Luxembourg, 1879 - 1973)
Date1905; printed ca. 1960
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 11/16 × 11 9/16 inches (27.15 × 29.37 cm)
Sheet: 10 3/4 × 11 9/16 inches (27.31 × 29.37 cm)
Mat: 18 1/2 × 22 inches (46.99 × 55.88 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.2184
SignedSigned on image recto, lower right: "STEICHEN"; Signed on window mat recto, lower right, in pencil: "STEICHEN / 1905".
InscribedOn sheet verso, upper right, in black pencil: "Steeplechase day / Paris / After the Races / 1905"; On sheet verso, center, in pencil: "very good / looks like an original".
MarkingsOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: "R" [circled], "7/23+10/4"
On View
Not on view
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DescriptionImage of group of figures. Three of the four figures in the center of the image are in light colored dresses and ornately decprated hats. One of these women is standing in the carriage with her face toward the viewer, the other two are facing away from the viewer. The fourth figure is more modestly dressed in dark clothes. Other additional figures fill in the background.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.
Published References

Edward Steichen, A Life in Photography (Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963), 46 (repro).

Copyright© The Estate of Edward Steichen / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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