Carpet Tacks (Fabric design for Stehli Silks Corporation)
Artist
Edward Steichen
(American, born Luxembourg, 1879 - 1973)
Date1926; printed ca. 1960
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 15/16 × 13 7/8 inches (22.7 × 35.24 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 14 7/8 inches (25.24 × 37.78 cm)
Mount: 11 7/8 × 16 1/4 inches (30.16 × 41.28 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 14 7/8 inches (25.24 × 37.78 cm)
Mount: 11 7/8 × 16 1/4 inches (30.16 × 41.28 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.2197
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mount recto, top, in red pencil: "DUMMY FOR ENDPAPERS DESIGN";
On mount recto, right edge, in pencil: "11 1/4 9" [crossed out] = 28,6 cm";
On mount recto, bottom, in blue pen: "20" WIDE / MAKE 2 POSITIVES / OF PHOTO - FLOP, POSITIVE / AND JOIN AS SHOWN IN THIS DUMMY";
On mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "1-18-70";
On mount recto, bottom, in red pencil: "CROP EQUALLY AT TOP / AND BOTTOM";
On mount verso, lower right, purple stamp with black pen: "Laufzettel Nr. / 23238";
On mount verso, center, in blue pen, circled: "A";
On mount verso, lower right, in black pen: " [?] zu werk, Steichen" ";
On mat verso, bottom center, red label with pencil and black stamp: "KULICKE / KULICKE FRAMES INC., 43 E. 10 ST. N.Y. 10003 / ORDER 20785 / DATE MAR 16 [year not visible] / 6";
On mat verso, top, in pencil: "1-18-70 / 20785-A-3/12 / HINGE MAT".
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DescriptionAbstract photograph of tiny tacks with harsh shadows. The left and right halves are mirror images - two photographs on a single mount (dimensions listed are for both photographs together).Exhibition HistoryPhotographic Abstraction. Utah State University, Logan, UT, Sierra Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV, Fine Art Center/Cheekwood, Nashville, TN, Montgomery Museum of Art, AL, January - September 1987, no cat.
American Art Deco: Designing for the People, 1918-1939, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, July 9 2022-January 8 2023, no cat.
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.
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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