The Alfred Stieglitz Collection
  • Recto of print
  • Recto of print with original mount
  • Verso of original mount
  • Photomicrograph showing print surface (scale bar is in millimeters)
  • Detail of artist’s signature under infrared filter to show graphite inscription

Edward Steichen (American, born Luxembourg, 1879–1973)

Young Tycoon (Self-Portrait), c. 1902

Gum bichromate print; 14.8 x 5.1 cm (image/paper); 50.1 x 28.1 cm (last support)
Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.872
© 2016 The Estate of Edward Steichen/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

 

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