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The Creaking Chair

c. 1923, printed 1981

Ralph Steiner

Artist, American, 1899 - 1986

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Brenda and Robert Edelson)
Dimensions

image/sheet: 12.75 × 10 cm (5 × 3 15/16 in.)
Accession

2015.19.4493

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert and Brenda Edelson, Baltimore, MD; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1995; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2007

Modernism: Designing a New World 1914–1939, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 17–July 29, 2007

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, upper center in graphite: Ralph Steiner / c. 1923 / 1981; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 1995.9.9

Wikidata ID

Q64158880

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