Ham and Eggs

Artist Ralph Steiner (American, 1899 - 1986)

Date1930; printed 1977

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall: 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (19.05 x 24.13 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.2207

InscribedSignature Signed in artist's hand Back of Print

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DescriptionImage of a dinner plate in center of frame with three circlular pieces of ham on it. On each piece of ham is a cooked egg. Surrounding the plate, filling the frame are whole eggs casting shadows on the surface they are on.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

20th-Century Photographs from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA, January 10 –February 22, 1981, no cat.

Provenance

Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1978;
Given by Hallmark Cards Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

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