From the Harvard Art Museums’ collections Holm and Madison, Olympic Swimmers [for Vanity Fair]

Identification and Creation

Object Number: P1982.45
People: Edward Steichen, American (Luxembourg 1879 - 1973 West Redding, Conn., USA)
Title: Holm and Madison, Olympic Swimmers [for Vanity Fair]
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph, contact sheet
Date: c. 1930
Places: Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture: American

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

sheet: 25.2 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: recto: Madison-Holm-Vanity Fair 1235-11
inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 2301
inscription: verso, lower left, oriented horizontally, graphite: 3810

Provenance

Steichen Estate, from the artist, bequest to the Fogg Art Museum by direction of J, 1982.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edward Steichen by direction of Joanna T. Steichen and the George Eastman House
Object Number: P1982.45
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
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