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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1992.32
People
Edward Steichen, American (Luxembourg 1879 - 1973 West Redding, Conn., USA)
Title
Rodin's "Balzac" -- The Open Sky
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1908, printed later
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France, Meudon
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/274038

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 34.8 x 26.4 cm (13 11/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
sheet: 35.5 x 27.7 cm (14 x 10 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Edward Steichen
  • inscription: verso, upper left to upper right, graphite: Edward Steichen
    Balzac: The Open Sky, Meudon. 1908
    Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
    May not be reproduced without the written
    permission of the Photographer (address
    him at The Museum of Modern Art)
  • label: verso, upper left, printed ink on paper with typed marks: [Fine Arts Library label]
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: X [circled]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Fine Arts Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, from the artist through the Museum of Modern Art, 1966, transfer to Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Fine Arts Library, Harvard University
Copyright
© The Estate of Edward Steichen / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1992
Object Number
P1992.32
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Verification Level

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