Study for "The Radio Gull"
Edward Steichen
c. 1960
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View on museum website →Medium
graphite and watercolor on canvas board
Dimensions
sheet: 76.2 x 63.5 cm (30 x 25 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen
Accession Number
2011.85.17
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...