Opus 1
1957
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View on museum website →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 · 1879–1973
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...