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Da collezione personale, splendida fotolitografia (Knudsen process) originale di Edward Steichen (1879 - 1973) del 1929 dal titolo: - Double Sunflower, 1920 -  magnificamente stampata nei toni seppia/marrone.

La fotolitografia presenta leggeri segni d'uso come da immagine.

La foto viene venduta comprensiva del suo passepartout a cartella e certificato di autenticità.
La cornice non fa parte del lotto e non viene venduta insieme alla foto!

Dimensioni immagine 240x190 mm
Dimensione foglio 300x220 mm 
Dimensioni passepartout 50x40 cm

Imballo professionale in robusto cartone polionda incrociato.

Nato in Lussemburgo, Steichen emigrò da bambino negli Stati Uniti con i suoi genitori, stabilendosi infine a Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Nel 1895 acquistò la sua prima macchina fotografica. Le fotografie di Steichen di questo periodo sono soft-focused e atmosferiche, riflettendo il suo interesse primario per la pittura e l'influenza degli impressionisti, in particolare Claude Monet, così come dei fotografi pittorialisti americani come Clarence H. White. Nel 1900 Steichen fece una breve sosta a New York City durante il tragitto verso Parigi, dove aveva in programma di studiare pittura all'Académie Julian. White si era imbattuto nelle fotografie del giovane artista e ne era rimasto abbastanza colpito da organizzare un incontro con Alfred Stieglitz al Camera Club di New York. Al suo ritorno a New York nel 1902, Steichen aprì uno studio di ritratti professionale al 291 Fifth Avenue. Lo stesso anno, divenne uno dei fondatori, insieme a Stieglitz, del gruppo Photo-Secession. Ciò coincise con la fondazione da parte di Stieglitz della rivista Camera Work, in cui le fotografie di Steichen comparivano spesso, tra cui uno "Special Steichen Supplement" nell'aprile 1906 e un numero doppio monografico nel 1913. Quando gli Stati Uniti entrarono in guerra nel 1917, Steichen si offrì volontario per il servizio e fu nominato tenente nel Signal Corps; presto fu nominato capo della fotografia aerea per l'esercito americano in Francia. La sua esperienza con le rigorose esigenze tecniche di questo lavoro cambiò la sua visione del mezzo e dopo la guerra sostituì il simbolismo piuttosto vaporoso del suo precedente stile pittorialista con chiarezza ottica e maggiore oggettività della descrizione. Steichen trascorse diversi anni a sperimentare effetti realistici di luce, tono e ombra; durante questo periodo, fotografò notoriamente una tazza bianca e un piattino su uno sfondo di velluto nero più di mille volte, sperando di ottenere una resa perfetta di sottili gradazioni di bianco, nero e grigio. In un'ulteriore reazione a ciò che ora gli sembrava un pio atteggiamento da fotosecessionista, Steichen si gettò a capofitto nella fotografia commerciale, fondando uno studio commerciale di successo quando si trasferì a New York City nel 1923. Dedicò i successivi 15 anni della sua vita principalmente alla fotografia di moda e ai ritratti di celebrità per le pubblicazioni Condé Nast come Vogue e Vanity Fair e alla fotografia pubblicitaria per l'agenzia J. Walter Thompson. In particolare, come parte del suo lavoro per Condé Nast, Steichen creò ritratti sorprendenti di personaggi come Gloria Swanson, Greta Garbo e Charlie Chaplin che contribuirono a definire l'epoca. Chiuse il suo studio di grande successo il 1° gennaio 1938 e trascorse gran parte dei successivi quattro anni a perseguire la sua vocazione di lunga data di selezione delle piante nella sua casa nel Connecticut, concentrandosi in particolare sul delphinium.
Nel 1947 Steichen fu nominato direttore del dipartimento di fotografia al Museum of Modern Art, una posizione che avrebbe ricoperto fino al suo pensionamento 15 anni dopo.

Il Knudsen process è un processo di stampa litografica a mezzatinta utilizzato da Edward Steichen che all'epoca era il metodo di qualità superiore a qualsiasi altro metodo noto di riproduzione di foto e immagini.

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From a personal collection, splendid original photolithograph (Knudsen process) by Edward Steichen (1879 - 1973) from 1929 entitled: - Double Sunflower, 1920 - beautifully printed in sepia/brown tones.

The photolithography shows light signs of use as shown in the image.

The photo is sold including its folder passepartout and certificate of authenticity.
The frame is not part of the lot and is not sold with the photo!

Image dimensions 240x190 mm
Sheet dimensions 300x220 mm
Passepartout dimensions 50x40 cm

Professional packaging in sturdy crossed corrugated cardboard.

Born in Luxembourg, Steichen emigrated to the United States as a child with his parents, eventually settling in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1895 he purchased his first camera. Steichen's photographs from this period are soft-focused and atmospheric, reflecting his primary interest in painting and the influence of the Impressionists, particularly Claude Monet, as well as American Pictorialist photographers such as Clarence H. White. In 1900, Steichen made a brief stop in New York City en route to Paris, where he planned to study painting at the Académie Julian. White had come across the young artist's photographs and was sufficiently impressed to arrange a meeting with Alfred Stieglitz at the New York Camera Club. Upon his return to New York in 1902, Steichen opened a professional portrait studio at 291 Fifth Avenue. That same year, he became one of the founders, along with Stieglitz, of the Photo-Secession group. This coincided with Stieglitz's founding of the magazine Camera Work, in which Steichen's photographs appeared frequently, including a "Special Steichen Supplement" in April 1906 and a monographic double issue in 1913. When the United States entered the war in 1917, Steichen volunteered for service and was commissioned a lieutenant in the Signal Corps; he was soon appointed chief of aerial photography for the U.S. Army in France. His experience with the rigorous technical demands of this work changed his view of the medium, and after the war he replaced the rather vaporous symbolism of his earlier pictorialist style with optical clarity and greater objectivity of description. Steichen spent several years experimenting with realistic effects of light, tone, and shadow; during this period, he famously photographed a white cup and saucer against a black velvet background more than a thousand times, hoping to achieve a perfect rendering of subtle gradations of white, black, and gray. In a further reaction to what now seemed to him to be a pious Photosecessionist attitude, Steichen threw himself into commercial photography, establishing a successful commercial studio when he moved to New York City in 1923. He devoted the next 15 years of his life primarily to fashion photography and celebrity portraits for Condé Nast publications such as Vogue and Vanity Fair and to advertising photography for the J. Walter Thompson agency. In particular, as part of his work for Condé Nast, Steichen created striking portraits of the likes of Gloria Swanson, Greta Garbo, and Charlie Chaplin that helped define the era. He closed his highly successful studio on January 1, 1938, and spent much of the next four years pursuing his longtime vocation of plant breeding at his home in Connecticut, focusing in particular on delphinium.
In 1947 Steichen was appointed director of the photography department at the Museum of Modern Art, a position he would hold until his retirement 15 years later.

The Knudsen process is a halftone lithographic printing process used by Edward Steichen which at the time was the highest quality method of any known method of reproducing photos and images.

Photolithography - Not signed - Harcourt, Brace and Company - 1929

Edward Steichen (1879 - 1973) - Double Sunflower, 1920

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