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Title

Balzac - The Open Sky, Meudon, from "Camera Work - A Photographic Quarterly, Issue No. 34/35, April-July, 1911"

Artist

Edward Jean Steichen

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.

Artist Life Dates

(Luxembourg, 1879 - 1973)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

July 1911

Accession Number

2012/1.214

Medium and Support

photogravure on paper

relevance

rank 21.08383

Primary Keywords

albumen print

black-and-white photographs

man

sky

statue