Classic Photographs

Edward Steichen

Heavy Roses, Voulangis, France

Lot Closed

October 5, 03:27 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 90,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Edward Steichen

1879 - 1973

Heavy Roses, Voulangis, France

warm-toned gelatin silver print, title, date, an annotations in pencil on the reverse, 1914, probably printed in the 1920s or 1930s

image: 7 ½ by 9 ½ in. (19.1 by 24.1 cm.)

Collection of Joanna Steichen, the photographer’s widow, 2001, Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, as agent

Steichen the Photographer (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1961), p. 33

Edward Steichen, A Life in Photography (New York, 1963), pl. 62

Dennis Longwell, Steichen: The Master Prints 1895-1914 (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1978), pl. 72

Barbara Haskell, Edward Steichen (New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2000), pl. 29

Todd Brandow and William A. Ewing, Edward Steichen: Lives in Photography (Minneapolis, 2007), pl. 61

Prints of Heavy Roses of any age are rare and have seldom appeared on the market. Two palladium prints of the image are known: in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; and sold at auction in April 2019. Two similarly-toned early gelatin silver prints were sold at auction between 1980 and 2005, including a deaccession from The Museum of Modern Art.