Balzac: The Open Sky

Balzac: The Open Sky

Photograph

Edward Steichen

Maker
American, b. Luxembourg, 1879–1973

Balzac: The Open Sky

1908
Gelatin silver print
Image: 22.5 x 17.9 cm (8 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Paper: 25.3 x 20.4 cm (9 15/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Mount: 26.8 x 21.6 cm (10 9/16 x 8 1/2 in.)
Bequest of Joanna T. Steichen, 2011
2011.0544.0078.2
Inscriptions recto (in image): STEICHEN / MDCCCCIX
verso (pencil): Balzac - Rodin / The Open Sky, Mendon / 1908 / 105 / IV / 0/23+3/+7
on envelop attached to print (printed): Permalife. / pH 8.5
folder (printed on applied label): 53- BALZAC: THE OPEN SKY
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