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EDWARD STEICHEN (1879–1973)
Edward Steichen: The Early Years, 1900-1927
New York: Aperture, Inc., 1981. Portfolio of twelve photogravures made by means of the Talbot-Klic process, each plate pulled on the presses of Atelier de Taille Douce of Saint-Prex, Switzerland; each approximately 10 1/8 x 8 in. (25.7 x 20.3) or the inverse; each sheet 19 7/8 x 15 ¼ in. (50.5 x 38.7 cm.); together with title page, plate list and text by Beaumont Newhall and Mary Steichen Calderone MD.; number thirty-seven from an edition of one thousand, plus one hundred artist’s proofs; prints contained inside a paper enclosure and an Indian tussah silk and Curtis Tweedweave folio and slipcase with gold lettering.

overall dimensions 21 ¼ x 17 1/8 x 1 ½ in. (53.9 x 43.4 x 3.8 cm.)
Provenance
Aperture, New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owners, 1982.
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The plates are as follows:

1. The Grand Prix at Longchamp: After the Races, Paris, 1907
2. Self-Portrait with Sister, Milwaukee, 1900
3. Torso, Paris, 1902
4. Moonrise, Mamaroneck, New York, 1904
5. In Memoriam, New York, 1902
6. Steichen and Wife Clara on Their Honeymoon, Lake George, New York, 1903
7. Richard Strauss, New York, 1904
8. The Flatiron, New York, 1905
9. Heavy Roses, Voulangis, France, 1914
10. Isadora Duncan at the Portal of the Parthenon, Athens, 1920
11. Three Pears and an Apple, France, c. 1921
12. Brancusi in His Studio, Paris, 1925

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