Portrait of Constantin Brancusi, Voulangis, France
Artist
Edward Steichen
(American, born Luxembourg, 1879 - 1973)
Dateca. 1922
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 7/16 × 7 9/16 inches (23.97 × 19.21 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 8 inches (25.24 × 20.32 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 8 inches (25.24 × 20.32 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.282
Signednone
InscribedTitled and dated on sheet verso, top, in pencil: “Constantin Brancusi, 1928”
MarkingsOn sheet verso, center, in orange pencil: “14x17 / soft print / full gradation / burn edges / slightly” [crossed out with pencil]; On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: “a shade lighter than / this print”;
Gallery stamp on sheet verso, lower left, in black ink: “PLEASE RETURN TO THE / PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT/ The Museum of Modern Art / 11 West 53rd St. New York”;
On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: “CHG-270412”, “PF99141-111”, “P1204090”.
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DescriptionPortrait of Brancusi with full beard and tousled hair wearing suit and tie with overcoat.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Copyright© The Estate of Edward Steichen / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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