P1982.66: The Clinic Stairs (publicity photograph for New York Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital) [for Vanity Fair, December 1931]

Identification and Creation

Object Number

P1982.66

People

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

Title

The Clinic Stairs (publicity photograph for New York Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital) [for Vanity Fair, December 1931]

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph, contact sheet

Date

1931

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States, New York State

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/284552

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: verso, upper left to upper right, graphite: V.F. Dec 1931 on the Clinic Stairs Publication for
  Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
  for JWT
• inscription: recto: 925-6
• inscription: verso, lower left, oriented horizontally, graphite: 1712
• inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 2403

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

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

Copyright

© The Estate of Edward Steichen / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Object Number

P1982.66

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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