In March 1985, the National Museum of Luxembourg unexpectedly received a generous bequest from the estate of Edward Steichen, the Luxembourg-born and world-renowned American photographer. The bequest comprises a total of 178 prints, including 175 photographs by Steichen himself that cover almost all aspects of his photographic oeuvre — from the pictorialist images of his early years to portraiture, fashion, advertising, landscapes, and family photographs.<\/p>\n
For the first time, this extraordinary collection is presented in a comprehensive scholarly manner, with full-page illustrations of all 178 photographs. In addition, the publication includes six new essays by five authors that deal with questions of identification, techniques, and dating of the prints as well as their conservation and preservation. They examine the provenance and impact history of the collection and compare the significance of the Luxembourg donation with other bequests made at the same time to institutions in the United States and overseas.<\/p>\n
The significance of the astonishingly large number of family photographs in the Luxembourg bequest and Steichen’s special role as a mediator of Modernism between Europe and the New World are also explored.<\/p>\n
Texts by: Kerstin Bartels Gerd Hurm, Julia Niewind, Malgorzata Nowara, Michel Polfer, Françoise Poos, Gilles Zeimet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The extraordinary collection of Edward Steichen’s photos, received as bequest by National Museum of Luxembourg.
11 The Steichen Prints of the National Museum of History and Art Luxembourg
\nProvenance and Reception of an Extraordinary Collection
\nMichel Polfer
\n25 The Identi!cation, Conservation, and Preservation of the Photographs for the MNHA’s Edward Steichen Collection: A Unique Project
\nKerstin Bartels
\n41 The MNHA Bequest in Relation to Other Steichen Bequests Around the World: Number, Origin, and Subjects
\nMalgorzata Nowara
\n49 The Prints from the MNHA’s Steichen Bequest: Techniques, Dating, and Inscriptions
\nMalgorzata Nowara
\n55 Edward Steichen: The “Lëtzebuerger Jong” who Brought Modernism to the New World
\nGerd Hurm
\n69 At Home in the Museum: Edward Steichen’s Family
\nPhotographs at the National Museum of History and Art
\nFrançoise Poos
\n79 Catalog Introduction
\n83 01 — Early Landscapes
\n93 02 — Rodin’s Balzac
\n99 03 — Family
\n155 04 — Portraits
\n335 05 — Nudes
\n343 06 — Theater
\n363 07 — Advertising & Fashion
\n387 08 — Experiments
\n401 09 — Nature
\n423 10 — Color
\n453 11 — Other photographers
\n460 Reference Literature<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":38513,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5485],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-38512","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-photography","7":"author-edited-by-gilles-zeimet","8":"author-edited-by-michel-polfer","9":"publisher-silvana","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n