P1982.74: Virginia Carter Randolph in an advertisement for Pond's Cold Cream

Identification and Creation

Object Number

P1982.74

People

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

Title

Virginia Carter Randolph in an advertisement for Pond's Cold Cream

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

contact sheet, photograph

Date

c. 1929

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/284790

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

sheet: 25.3 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, center, graphite: #772 [circled]
• inscription: recto: 772-31
• inscription: verso, lower right, oriented horizontally, graphite: 1772
• inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 2419

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

P1982.74

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Carl Sandburg, Steichen the Photographer, Harcourt, Brace and Co. (New York, NY, 1929)
• [Unidentified article], Vogue (April 26, 1930), 85

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