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Triumph of the Egg

Artist Edward Steichen (American, born Luxembourg, 1879 - 1973)
Date1921
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 5/8 × 7 5/8 inches (24.45 × 19.37 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 7 15/16 inches (25.4 × 20.16 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4401
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "1-27-92"
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionCircular clear glass structure with egg in the center at the top center of the frame. A black cylinder structure directly under egg, fills bottom two-thirds of center of frame.Exhibition History

A Transatlantic Avant-Garde:  American Artists in Paris, 1918-1939. Terra Foundation for the Arts, Chicago, IL, August 2003 – June 2004, no cat.

Provenance
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1992;
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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