Balzac - The Silhouette, July, 4am, Meudon, from "Camera Work - A Photographic Quarterly, Issue No. 34/35, April-July, 1911" / Edward Jean Steichen

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Accession Number: 2012/1.216
Title: Balzac - The Silhouette, July, 4am, Meudon, from "Camera Work - A Photographic Quarterly, Issue No. 34/35, April-July, 1911"
Artist: Edward Jean Steichen
Artist Nationality: American
Artist Life Dates: (Luxembourg, 1879 - 1973)
Medium and Support: photogravure on paper
Object Creation Date: 1911
Credit Line: Gift of Maxine and Lawrence K. Snider
Dimensions: 20.96 cm x 29.85 cm (8 1/4 in. x 11 3/4 in.)
Century: 20th century
Physical Description: A photograph of a dark silhouette against a dark night scene. There is a faint light above the figure, revealing the subject, but the rest of the photograph is dark.
Primary Keywords: night; silhouettes
Secondary Keywords: image form; associated concepts; earth sciences concepts; objects we use; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; scientific concepts; visual works; visual works by form
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 1392 x 1120
File Size: 225 KB
Record: 2012/1.216
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-1.216/2012_1_216.tif

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Full citation: "Balzac - The Silhouette, July, 4am, Meudon, from "Camera Work - A Photographic Quarterly, Issue No. 34/35, April-July, 1911"; Edward Jean Steichen." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-1.216/2012_1_216.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.