P1992.34: Rodin's "Balzac" -- The Silhouette, 4 a.m.

Identification and Creation

Object Number

P1992.34

People

Edward Steichen, American (Luxembourg 1879 - 1973 West Redding, Conn., USA)

Title

Rodin's "Balzac" -- The Silhouette, 4 a.m.

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1908, printed later

Places

Creation Place: Europe, France, Meudon

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/280988

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 36.9 x 32.8 cm (14 1/2 x 12 15/16 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 Silhouette, 4 a.m. Meudon, 1908
  (by Rodin)
  Collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
  May not be reproduced without the written permission
  of the photographer (address him at The Museum of Modern Art,
  New York).
• label: verso, upper right, printed ink on paper with typed marks: [Fine Arts Library label]
• inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: X [circled]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Harvard University Fine Arts Library, 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

P1992.34

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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