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Edward Steichen
Balzac, Midnight1908, printed 1940s

Not on view
High-contrast black and white photograph of a standing figure swathed in pale robes, head tilted back, lit by a single diagonal beam of light against a black background
Artist or Maker
Edward Steichen
Luxembourg, active United States, 1879-1973
Title
Balzac, Midnight
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1908, printed 1940s
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 10 1/2 × 13 3/8 in. (26.7 × 34 cm) Primary support: 10 7/8 × 13 7/8 in. (27.7 × 35.2 cm) Secondary support: 13 × 16 in. (33 × 40.6 cm) Mat: 22 × 18 in. (55.88 × 45.72 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the B. Gerald Cantor Art Foundation
Accession Number
M.87.74.4
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Finckh, Gerhard, ed. Degas - Rodin: Wettlauf der Giganten zur Moderne. Wuppertal: Von der Heydt-Museum, 2016.