Lot #252: EDWARD STEICHEN - Gloria Swanson - Original vintage photogravure

 

Artist: Edward Steichen (American, 1879 - 1973).
Title: "Gloria Swanson".
Medium: Original vintage photogravure.
Date: Composed 1924. Printed 1930.
Dimensions: Image size: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (241 x 190 mm).
Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. . Comment(s): The silver print of this iconic image sold for $540,000 at Phillips de Pury & Company, New York (27 Exceptional Photographs) - 04/24/2007 - lot #5. Ex-collection Jaled Muyaes, Mexico City. For "Vogue." Image copyright © Conde Nast Publications Inc., New York. [23234-2-600]