Joanna (Mrs. Edward Steichen)
1959 · Gelatin silver print
16 1/2 × 13 1/2" (41.9 × 34.3 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Edward Steichen
1879–1973
WA-00021500
PhotographyArt NouveauPhotography
Representation
None documented
49
Institutional Exhibitions
481
Works in Collection
807
Assets Indexed
3
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
Profile Completeness
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Authority Records (2)
Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Picturing "Greatness"
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1988
No image
Variants
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1985–1986
No image
Self Portrait: The Photographer's Persona, 1840�1985
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1985–1986
No image
From the Gilman Collection: Photographs Preserved in Ink
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1984–1985
No image
Still Life
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1981–1982
No image
American Landscapes
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1981
No image
Reinstallation of the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1980
No image
Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1979
No image
Art of the Twenties
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1979–1980
No image
In the Twenties: Portraits from the Photography Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1979–1980
No image
Steichen: The Master Prints, 1895�1914
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1978
No image
Collage and the Photo-Image
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1973
Field Verification (3 fields)
1 cross-verified · 2 single-source
- Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
- NationalityArtsy· 85%
- LocationGallery Generic· 72%
Source Registry (3)
- Christies-ArtsyTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
- WikidataTier 1 · Institutional40%
About
Why this artist matters now
Edward Jean Steichen was a Luxembourgish American photographer, painter and curator and a pioneer of fashion photography. His gown images for the magazine Art et Décoration in 1911 were the first modern fashion photographs to be published. From 1923 to 1938, Steichen served as chief photographer for the Condé Nast magazines Vogue and Vanity Fair, designating him the “greatest living portrait photographer” even as he turned to painting. Steichen worked for many advertising agencies, including J. Walter Thompson. During these years, Steichen was regarded as the most popular and highest-paid photographer in the world.
Source: Christies Artsy · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago
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Movement
Art Nouveau
Medium
Photography
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Artworks (481)
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Artwork sources (5)
481 published of 787 catalogued · 507 with image
- MoMA299 publishedof 598 catalogued326 img
- Art Institute Chicago174 published174 img
- Cleveland Museum of Art7 published
- Whitney1 published
- + 1 more source · 7 catalogued, not yet published
Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)
2 entries · 1 sources
- 1902 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1903 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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Relationships
10Institutional
Representation & Collections
In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
In collection
Whitney Museum of American Art
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