Art Object Page

The First Picture Book: Everyday Things for Babies, 1991

Not on View

Medium

illustrated book with 24 offset lithographs and 1photogravure

Dimensions

Overall (closed): 21.3 x 18.5 cm (8 3/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
overall (opened): 36.2 x 21 cm (14 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Accession Number

1999.117.6

Artists / Makers

Mary Steichen Calderone (artist) American, 1904 - 1998

Edward Steichen (artist) American, 1879 - 1973

Jon Goodman (printer) American, active second half 20th century

Robert Hennessey (photographer) American

Image Use

on colophon page in graphite: John Updike / Mary Steichen Calderone

Susan Lorence, New York, NY; gift to NGA, 1999.

Lorence, Susan

National Gallery of Art