Joanna (Mrs. Edward Steichen)
1959 · Gelatin silver print
16 1/2 × 13 1/2" (41.9 × 34.3 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
WATTS INDEXThe canonical database of visual culture
Edward Steichen
1879–1973
PhotographyArt NouveauPhotography
Representation
None documented
49
Institutional Exhibitions
481
Works in Collection
800
Assets Indexed
3
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
Profile Completeness
Cultural Positioning
Movements
- • Art Nouveau
- • Photography
Related Artists
No edges recorded
Influence Graph
No influence edges encoded yet.
Selected Institutional Exhibitions
View all exhibitions →No image
Picturing "Greatness"
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1988
No image
Variants
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1985–1986
No image
Self Portrait: The Photographer's Persona, 1840�1985
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1985–1986
No image
From the Gilman Collection: Photographs Preserved in Ink
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1984–1985
No image
Still Life
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1981–1982
About
Why this artist matters now
Edward Jean Steichen was a Luxembourgish American photographer, painter and curator and a pioneer of fashion photography. His gown images for the magazine Art et Décoration in 1911 were the first modern fashion photographs to be published. From 1923 to 1938, Steichen served as chief photographer for the Condé Nast magazines Vogue and Vanity Fair, designating him the “greatest living portrait photographer” even as he turned to painting. Steichen worked for many advertising agencies, including J. Walter Thompson. During these years, Steichen was regarded as the most popular and highest-paid photographer in the world.
Source: Christies Artsy · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago
Graph relationships
Taste overlap and adjacency
Movement
Art Nouveau
Medium
Photography
Related Artists
12 in graph
Institutional
Museum Collections
Canonical record
Artworks (481)
View all 481 artworks →
Record
Images
Related artists
Adjacent in the graph
Richard Long
Shared movement
Roger Ballen
Shared movement
Andrea Büttner
Shared movement
Bradford Washburn
Shared movement
Sabelo Mlangeni
Shared movement
Arnold Eagle
Shared movement
Alfred Stieglitz
Also photography
Raymond Pettibon
Also photography
Irving Penn
Also photography
Roy DeCarava
Also photography
Joan Fontcuberta
Also photography
Steven Shearer
Also photography
Record
Movements and affiliations
Institutional
Representation & Collections
In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
In collection
Whitney Museum of American Art
Market
Auction sale history
Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction
Record