[Peeling Potatoes (Jergen's Lotion)]
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[Peeling Potatoes (Jergen's Lotion)]

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Photograph

Edward Steichen

Maker
American, b. Luxembourg, 1879–1973

[Peeling Potatoes (Jergen's Lotion)]

1923
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 1/2 × 9 7/16 in. (19.1 × 24 cm)
Paper: 8 1/8 × 10 1/16 in. (20.6 × 25.5 cm)
Mount: 8 9/16 × 10 9/16 in. (21.8 × 26.9 cm)
Bequest of Joanna T. Steichen, 2011
2011.0544.0176.1
Inscriptions recto (ink): [crop marks] 2 3/4 [illeg.]'73 VOL 25 P6 671
verso (pencil): Edward Steichen Peeling Potatoes / Advertisement for Jergens Salon 1923 / The Andrew Jergens Company / Collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York / Please return to the Department of Photography / The Museum of Modern Art / 21 W. 53 NY 10019
on envelop attached to print (ink): #157
(stamped): Permalife. / pH 8.5
folder (printed on applied label): 147- PEELING POTATES / Ad for Jergen's Lotion
(stamped): [image of woman playing the piano] / Oxford / STOCK No. 752 1/3 / [three bullets] / MADE IN U.S.A.
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