P1972.164: Harmonica Riddle

Identification and Creation

Object Number

P1972.164

People

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

Title

Harmonica Riddle

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

contact sheet, photograph

Date

c. 1921

Places

Creation Place: Europe, France

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/285309

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gelatin silver or palladium print (per the inscription on the verso)

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: 69 [circled] Harmonica Riddle France c. 1921
  Palladium print
• inscription: verso, center, graphite: ?
• inscription: verso, lower left, oriented horizontally, black crayon: 1-6-12

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

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

P1972.164

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

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