P1972.165: Sunburned Face [possibly 1925?]
Photographs
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- P1972.165
- People
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Edward Steichen, American (Luxembourg 1879 - 1973 West Redding, Conn., USA)
- Title
- Sunburned Face [possibly 1925?]
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: Sunburn
- Classification
- Photographs
- Work Type
- photograph
- Date
- 1926
- Places
- Creation Place: North America, United States, New York State
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/284724
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- actual: 24.8 x 20.3 cm (9 3/4 x 8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: inscribed in graphite on verso: 1-6-25
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Edward Steichen, Redding, Connecticut, sold to the Fogg Art Museum, 1973. The disposal date is correct despite accession number (see artist's file). This image was found by Davis Pratt in January 1973 in a storage cabinet at the artist's home in Redding, Connecticut during a weekend visit by Pratt, who purchased this image and two others.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, National Endowment for the Arts Grant
- Copyright
- © The Estate of Edward Steichen / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Accession Year
- 1972
- Object Number
- P1972.165
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- Masterful Points of View, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/25/1979 - 05/30/1979
- Chasing Shadows, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/21/1995 - 04/02/1995
Verification Level
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