Isadora Duncan

1913

Edward Steichen

Associated Names
Edward Steichen

Artist, American, 1879 - 1973

The image shows a woman in a cropped view, displaying her upper body. She is lying on her side, leaning on her elbow, with her head resting on her hand. She has shoulder-length, dark hair parted in the middle. Her face is angled towards the camera, and she has a calm expression. Her clothing is elaborately patterned with large, abstract floral designs. There are no visible pieces of jewelry or objects. The background is indistinct and dark.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photogravure

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Joshua P. Smith)

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.75 × 20.5 cm (6 5/8 × 8 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 19.75 × 28 cm (7 3/4 × 11 in.)
    mount: 20.75 × 29.25 cm (8 3/16 × 11 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4325

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

Exhibition History

1998

  • Developing Illusions, 1873-1998: Photographs from the Corcoran Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, November 14, 1998–January 18, 1999

Bibliography

1913

  • Camera Work 42-43 (November 1913): 7, pl. II.

Inscriptions

on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 1983.115.10; on verso of mount, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 1983.115.10

Wikidata ID

Q64147301

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