Edward Steichen (Bivange/Luxembourg 1879 - 1973 West Redding/Connecticut). Moonlight: The Pond. 1903
Vintage. Photogravure on Japan laid paper, 1906. 16,3 × 20,3 cm (21 × 30 cm) (6 ⅜ × 8 in. (8 ¼ × 11 ¾ in.)). Signed and dated in the plate lower right: "STEICHEN / MDCCCCIII ". Enclosed original-laid paper (30 × 21 cm) with watermark "ENFIELD S. CO. 1887“. Original plate no. IV from "Camera Work, Nr. XIV, April, 1906“.
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Literature and illustration:
Alfred Stieglitz (ed.): Camera Work. A Photographic Quarterly No. 14, New York, April 1906, pl. 4 / exh. cat.: Edward Steichen. Ein Leben für die Fotografie. Minneapolis, Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography; Lausanne, Musée de l‘Elysée; Paris, Jeu de Paume; Reggio Emilia, Palazzo Magnani; Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 2007/08, p. 107, pl. 75 (there titled and dated: The Pond - Moonrise, 1904)
Condition report: In very good condition. Matte thin paper (Japan laid paper). No defects recognizable in the image. Japan laid paper typically with irregular edges and minimal loss at upper right corner. Enclosed original laid paper light in the corners due to photo corners and darkened in the margins due to passepartout mask.