Vitality — Yvette Guilbert

1913

Edward Steichen

Associated Names
Edward Steichen

Artist, American, born Luxembourg, 1879 - 1973

The image shows a person posing for a portrait. They stand with their left arm akimbo and the right arm resting along their side, facing slightly to the left and smiling. They have smooth skin, wear an elaborately adorned hat with a ruffled fabric and bead string. Their hair is tucked under the hat, and they wear a richly embroidered garment with floral motifs, along with a fur stole draped over their shoulders. The background is plain and dark.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photogravure

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Joshua P. Smith, 1983)

  • Dimensions

    image: 24 × 16.75 cm (9 7/16 × 6 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 28.5 × 20 cm (11 1/4 × 7 7/8 in.)
    mount: 29.25 × 20.75 cm (11 1/2 × 8 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4326

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joshua P. Smith, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Ledel Gallery, New York), 1983; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1913

  • Camera Work 42-43 (November 1913): 5, pl. I.

Inscriptions

on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 1983.115.11

Wikidata ID

Q64147304

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