Balzac: Towards the Light

Balzac: Towards the Light

Photograph

Edward Steichen

Maker
American, b. Luxembourg, 1879–1973

Balzac: Towards the Light

1908
Gelatin silver print
Image: 16.7 x 21.8 cm (6 9/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
Paper: 20.5 x 25.4 cm (8 1/16 x 10 in.)
Mount: 21.8 x 27 cm (8 9/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Bequest of Joanna T. Steichen, 2011
2011.0544.0076.2
Inscriptions recto (in image): STEICHEN / MDCCCCVIII
verso (pencil): Rodin's "Balzac"
on envelop attached to print (printed): Permalife. pH 8.5
folder (printed on applied label): 51- BALZAC: TOWARDS THE / LIGHT
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