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EDWARD STEICHEN (1879–1973)
Bee on a Sunflower, from Sunflowers Seed to Seed, 19201961
toned gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on board, printed 1961 by Rolf Peterson
variously numbered in ink/pencil (flush mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed Museum of Modern Art label (mat, verso)
image: 13 3/8 x 10 5/8 in. (33.9 x 26.9 cm.)
sheet/flush mount: 13 7/8 x 10 3/4 in. (35.2 x 27.3 cm.)

Provenance
Gifted by the artist, 1961.
Literature
Edward Steichen, A Life in Photography, Doubleday and Company, Inc, Garden City, 1963, pl. 77.
Joanna Steichen, Steichen's Legacy, Photographs, 1895-1973, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2000, pl. 289, p. 340.
Exhibited
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Steichen the Photographer, March 28–May 30, 1961.
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