Balzac - The Open Sky, Meudon, from "Camera Work - A Photographic Quarterly, Issue No. 34/35, April-July, 1911" / Edward Jean Steichen
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.214
- Title
- Balzac - The Open Sky, 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
- July 1911
- Credit Line
- Gift of Maxine and Lawrence K. Snider
- Dimensions
- 29.85 cm x 20.96 cm (11 3/4 in. x 8 1/4 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Physical Description
- An albumen print black and white image of a statue of the French novelist Balzac against an open sky. The statue is off-center in the photo and angled so it is facing to the right of the image. A faint light illuminates the backside of the statue and the empty space behind it.
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1104 x 1456
- File Size
- 232 KB
- Record
- 2012/1.214
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-1.214/2012_1_214.tif
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"Balzac - The Open Sky, 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-1.214/2012_1_214.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.