Brancusi in his studio, Paris

Artist Edward Steichen (American, born Luxembourg, 1879 - 1973)

Date1927; printed ca. 1960

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 13 15/16 × 10 7/8 inches (35.4 × 27.62 cm)
Sheet: 14 15/16 × 13 5/16 inches (37.94 × 33.81 cm)
Mount: 16 1/2 × 13 5/16 inches (41.91 × 33.81 cm)
Mat: 22 × 18 inches (55.88 × 45.72 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.2190

SignedSigned on image recto, lower right, in black pen: "STEICHEN"; Signed and dated on mat verso, center, in black marker: "Edward Steichen / 1927"

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "D"; On mat verso, center, in pencil: "8846 / 8 [circled] / (+ mat)"

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DescriptionImage of a man (Constantin Brâncuși) in front foreground, left of center. He is standing in a large room, holding an axe, surrounded by pieces of stone and abstract sculptures.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

20th-Century Photographs from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA, January 10 - February 22, 1981, no cat.

Faces: an Exhibition from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. Whatcom Museum of History & Art, Bellingham WA, September 15 - November 14, 1983, no cat.

Faces: an Exhibition from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 16 - October 21, 1984, no. 41.

Faces: an Exhibition from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. Museum of Photographic Arts, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA, June 18 - August 25, 1985, no.67.

In the Public Eye: Photography and Fame. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 8 - June 15, 2008, no cat.

World War I and the Rise of Modernism. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, January 9 – October 18, 2015, no cat.

Gallery Label

An international celebrity himself, Steichen had little trouble gaining access to-and developing a warm and sympathetic friendship with-some of the greatest modern artists of the era. Edward Steichen deeply admired Brancusi's sculpture as well as his austere, almost monk-like devotion to his work. This work depicts the sculptor in his cold, cramped studio, posed with some of his most iconic works.

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), 177 (repro).

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