Edward Steichen (American, 1879-1973), Flatiron - Evening

Three-color halftone print, mounted on tissue paper, 1905, printed in Camera Work No. 14, April 1906, pencil signed, titled, and dated on the mount in an unknown hand, unframed.

Image/Sheet Size 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.; Mount 11 3/8 x 7 3/4 in.

From the Estate of the late Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, Durham, NC

Purchased from Witkin Gallery, New York in 1976.
Literature:
Dennis Longwell, Steichen: The Master Prints 1895–1914. The Symbolist Period, New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1978, pp. 134-5;
Alfred Stieglitz and Marianne Fulton Margolis (ed.), Camera Work: A Pictorial Guide, New York, Dover Publications Inc., 1978, p. 39.

A strong, saturated image.

Overall good condition; few very small edge nicks/creases; small retouching/accretion area at right and few marks inherent to printing; very light wear to tissue.

$8,000 - 12,000