La Cigale, No. 3 from the portfolio "American Pictorial Photography, Series II” (1901); edition 34/150
Frank Eugene
1898
Medium
Photogravure
Dimensions
Image/paper: 12.2 × 16.8 cm (4 13/16 × 6 5/8 in.); Hinged paper: 38 × 28 cm (15 × 11 1/16 in.)
Classification
photogravure
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
103531
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Frank Eugene · 1865–1936
Frank Eugene, born Frank Eugene Smith on September 19, 1865, in New York City to German immigrant parents Frederick Smith, a baker, and Hermine Selinger Smith, a singer in local theaters, discovered photography as an amateur pursuit around 1880, possibly while attending City College of New York. In 1886, he traveled to Munich to study drawing and stage design at the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, ...