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Portraits, Evening

Artist Edward Steichen (American, born Luxembourg, 1879 - 1973)
Date1903
MediumPhotogravure
DimensionsImage: 7 5/16 × 6 11/16 inches (18.57 × 16.99 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/2 × 8 inches (29.21 × 20.32 cm)
Mount (unfolded): 12 1/16 × 16 inches (30.64 × 40.64 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.2179
Signednone
InscribedOn mount recto, upper left, in pencil: "Portraits, Evening / Steichen 1906 / SS 13 P1"
Markingsnone
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionImage of man (Edward Steichen) woman (Clara Steichen) from the waist up. Man is on the left, wearing a dark colored jacket with a lock of hair curled across his forehead. Woman is on the right, wearing a white blouse with her hair pulled back.Exhibition History
Night Light: a Survey of 20th Century Night Photography, Stephens College, Columbia, MO, January 18 - February 26, 1993, no cat.
Provenance
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1986;  
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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