Opus 1

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Medium

crayon and ballpoint pen on blue construction paper

Dimensions

sheet: 18.5 × 30.6 cm (7 5/16 × 12 1/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-W

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Gift of Wayne F. Miller Family

Accession Number

2021.89.46

About the Artist

Edward Steichen · 18791973

Edward Steichen (1879–1973) was a Luxembourgish-American photographer, painter, and museum curator who was one of the most influential figures in the history of photography. Born Eduard Jean Steichen in Bivange, Luxembourg, he emigrated with his family to the United States as a child and grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Steichen's early career was defined by Pictorialism — the movement to establi...

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