Edward Steichen: The Early Years, 1900-1927

Twelve Hand-Pulled Dust-Grain Photogravures
Edition of 1,000 and 50 Artist’s Proofs (1–500 and 901-1000 included in the Steichen Early Years portfolio; 501–900 are individual prints)
Paper Size: 16 x 20 inches
Image Size: Varied

Prints included in this portfolio:
Heavy Roses, Voulangis, France, 1914
Image Size: 8 x 10 inches

Torso, Paris, 1902
Image Size: 6 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches

Brancusi in His Studio, Paris, 1925
Image Size: 10 1/4 x 8 inches

Three Pears and an Apple, France, ca. 1921
Image Size: 9 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches

In Memoriam, New York, 1902
Image Size: 10 x 7 1/2 inches

Isadora Duncan at the Portal of the Parthenon, Athens, 1920
Image Size: 8 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches

Moonrise, Mamaroneck, New York, 1904
Image Size: 10 x 12 3/16 inches

Grand Prix at Longchamp, After the Races, Paris, 1907
Image Size: 7 1/4 x 7 7/8 inches

Steichen and Wife Clara on Their Honeymoon, Lake George, New York, 1903
Image Size: 4 3/4 x 6 3/8 inches

Richard Strauss, New York, 1905
Image Size: 9 3/4 x 7 inches

The Flatiron, New York, 1905
Image Size: 12 7/8 x 10 1/4 inches

Self-Portrait with Sister, Milwaukee, 1900
Image Size: 7 x 8 inches

Edward Steichen (b. 1879, Bivange, Roeser, Luxembourg; d. 1973, Redding, Connecticut) is an immortal among photographers. He was one of the most prominent and influential figures of twentieth-century photography. His richest, most profound photographs were made between 1900 and 1927. It is from this period that Steichen selected his masterpieces and asked Aperture to publish his prints. During his long career, he worked in various styles in black-and-white and in color; his subjects ranged from portraits and landscapes to fashion and advertising to dance and sculpture. As a curator at the Museum of Modern Art for fifteen years, Steichen was responsible for many important exhibitions, including The Family of Man. He became chief photographer for Condé Nast Publications in 1923, regularly publishing in Vogue and Vanity Fair for the next fifteen years. His richest, most profound photographs were made between 1900 and 1927. It is the masterpieces from this period that Steichen asked Aperture to publish as hand-pulled photogravures. In 1961, Steichen was honored with a one-person show at MoMA. The Edward Steichen Photography Center was established at the museum in 1964. In 1967, he wrote, “Today, I am no longer concerned with photography as an art form. I believe it is potentially the best medium for explaining man to himself and to his fellow man.” Steichen died in West Redding, Connecticut, shortly before his ninety-fourth birthday.