Singing Wires and Buzzing Bees, Connecticut

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

Date1932; printed ca. 1960

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 13 13/16 × 10 3/4 inches (35.08 × 27.31 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 15/16 inches (35.4 × 27.78 cm)
Mat: 21 7/8 × 18 1/2 inches (55.56 × 46.99 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.2193

SignedSigned on print recto, lower right: "STEICHEN"; Signed and dated on window mat recto, lower right, in pencil: "STEICHEN / 1932"

InscribedOn sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: "Singing Wires and Buzzing Bees"

MarkingsOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: "H [circled] 4/28 + 10/3"

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DescriptionTwo children in lower right corner on hillside beneath two trees. Behind the trees is a telephone pole with wires that cut diagonally across the frame.Provenance

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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