Road to the Valley - Moonrise, plate 28 in the book Steichen
Edward Steichen, American (born Luxembourg), 1879 - 1973
negative date unknown; print about 1906
Hand-toned photogravure mounted on gray card, adhered to handmade laid paper
23/65
Image: 8 1/8 × 6 7/16 in. (20.6 × 16.4 cm)
Mount: 8 1/2 × 6 3/4 in. (21.6 × 17.1 cm)
Mount: 17 × 11 in. (43.2 × 27.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Frederick L. Hier, Class of 1944, in memory of his father, Frederick P. Hier Jr.
PH.973.175.5.28
Publisher
Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946), New York
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Course History
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
Published References
Daniel, Malcolm. "Edward J. Steichen (1879–1973): The Photo-Secession Years". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nov. 2010) http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/stei/hd_stei.htm Daniel, Malcolm. Stieglitz Steichen Strand. (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011). Hartmann, Celia. “The Edward Steichen Archive in The Museum of Modern Art Archives.” MoMA The Museum of Modern Art. 2011. < https://www.moma.org/learn/resources/archives/EAD/steichenb.html#series2> Longwell, Dennis. Steichen: The Master Prints, 1895-1917: The Symbolist Period. (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1978). Smith, Joel. Edward Steichen: The Early Years. (New York: Princeton University Press in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999). “Steichen [The Steichen Book].” Irving Zucker Art Books. http://www.zuckerartbooks.com/cgi-bin/zab/715.html Steichen: Selected Texts and Bibliography. Edited by Ronald J. Gedrim. (New York: G. K. Hall & Co., 1996).
Provenance
Frederick P. Hier, Jr. (1889-1957); to his son, Frederick L. Hier (1922-1999), Cornish Flats, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 1973..
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