STEICHEN, EDWARD (1879-1973) - Lot 154

STEICHEN, EDWARD (1879-1973) The Early Years, 1900-1927. Aperture, New York/ Atelier de Taille Douce, Saint-Prex, 1981. Portfolio, folio (42x53cm). First edition. Full beige cloth folder in a beige cloth slipcase, titled in gilt lettering, with 12 heliogravures by John Goodman and Richard Benson. Edition of 1100 copies. One of the first 550 copies on Rives BFK paper (ex. n°36) signed by Mary Steichen Calderone (daughter of Edward Steichen). Numbering on colophon. Text signed by Beaumont Newhall. Image sizes: from 16x21 to 32x26 cm. The twelve plates are: 1/Grand Prix at Longchamp, After the Races, Paris. 2/Self-Portrait with Sister, Milwaukee. 3/Torso, Paris. 4/Moonrise, Mamaroneck, New York.5/ In Memoriam, New York. 6/Steichen and Wife Clara on Their Honeymoon, Lake George, New York.7/ Richard Strauss, New York. 8/The Flatiron, New York. 9/Heavy Roses, Voulangis. 10/Isadora Duncan at the Portal of the Parthenon, Athens. 11/Three Pears and an Apple, France. 12/Brancusi in His Studio, Paris. Note that plate 3 is not in 53 x 42 cm format, but only in 23 x 26 cm (large margin cut out).