Isadora Duncan at the portal of the Parthenon, Athens
Artist
Edward Steichen
(American, born Luxembourg, 1879 - 1973)
Date1921; printed ca. 1930
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 7 3/8 inches (24.13 × 18.73 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 inches (25.24 × 20.16 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 inches (25.24 × 20.16 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.283
SignedArtist’s stamp on sheet verso, center, in black ink, address marked out with pencil: “PHOTOGRAPH BY STEICHEN / 80 WEST 40th STREET / NEW YORK CITY”
InscribedTitled and dated, on sheet verso, center, in pencil and blue pen:” Isadora Duncan / Portal of Parthenon / 1921.”
MarkingsGallery stamp, on sheet verso, upper left, in black ink: “MUSEUM OF MODERN ART / Department of Photography”;
On sheet verso, center, in blue pen: “return to the museum of modern art. n.y.”;
On sheet verso, top, in pencil: “7843 / 24 sq. 13 [?] / 110”, “30c / 8 ½ R”, “[?] / R4”, “3” [circled], “-40”, “A” [circled].
On sheet verso, upper left, red stamp: “NEG. / FOTO / [?] / RET / OPAK / OK’D / [?]”;
On sheet verso, central right, in red pencil and pencil: “58-8224”, “3” [circled];
On sheet verso, center, red stamp with pencil: “JOB No. A-589 NAME: PopPhoto-Sept PAGE 40 COLORS Black POS. 1”;
On sheet verso, center, red stamp, marked out with blue pen: “FOLLOW LAYOUT FOR SIZE”;
On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: “E/75.2”;
On sheet verso, lower right, in red pencil: “5” [circled];
On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: “PF117188”, “VF – Aug 1923”.
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DescriptionImage of Isadora Duncan wearing tunic and standing with arms outstretched framed between massive columns at the Parthenon.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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