Untitled (Preliminary Study for "Le Tournesol")
Edward Steichen
c. 1920
Medium
graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 20.32 × 13.97 cm (8 × 5 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Francesca Calderone-Steichen
Accession Number
2013.45.1
Rights
Public Domain
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...