John Woodruff Simpson

Edward Steichen (American (born in Luxembourg), 1879–1973)

1909

Medium/TechniquePhotograph, gelatin silver print, toned

DimensionsImage/Sheet: 37.1 x 29.1 cm (14 5/8 x 11 7/16 in.)

Credit LineSophie M. Friedman Fund

Accession number1985.101

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsPhotographs

Collections

InscriptionsSigned and dated at lower left: "STEICHEN/MDCCCCIX" in yellow crayon.

ProvenanceLee Gallery, Boston; purchased April 1985.

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