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Solitude: F. Holland Day, Paris

Artist Edward Steichen (American, born Luxembourg, 1879 - 1973)
Date1901
MediumPhotogravure
DimensionsImage and sheet: 4 3/4 × 6 1/2 inches (12.07 × 16.51 cm)
Mount (1): 5 1/16 × 6 13/16 inches (12.86 × 17.3 cm)
Mount (2): 11 1/4 × 8 1/8 inches (28.58 × 20.64 cm)
Mount (3): 11 13/16 × 8 1/4 inches (30 × 20.96 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.2178
SignedSigned and dated on image recto, upper left, in black: "STEICHEN / MDCCCCI"
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionImage of a reclining man (F. Holland Day) in dark clothing and dark hat with hand propped against his cheek.Exhibition History

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

Provenance
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1984;  
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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