Edward Steichen and his wife, Clara Smith Steichen, compiled one album, 1904-1929, initially to document the birth and early childhood of their daughter Mary Steichen. They subsequently augmented the album with photographs of their younger daughter Charlotte "Kate" Rodina Steichen. This album includes portraits of Mary Steichen created by Alvin Langdon Coburn in September 1907., Gift of Francesca Calderone-Steichen in the memory of Kate Steichen and Mary Steichen Calderone, 2011., Kate Steichen compiled one album as a Christmas gift in 1947 for Mary Steichen Calderone and her daughter Francesca Calderone-Steichen. The album documents the sisters' childhood, as well as images of their early adulthood, 1904-1939., Many photographs in the albums document the Steichen family and their activities at a farmhouse, which Edward Steichen called Villa L'Oiseau Bleu, in Voulangis, France, 1908-1914. Several images of its garden depict a "Măiastra" sculpture by Constantin Brancusi. Images document activities including horseback riding, children playing, and the fifth birthday party of Kate Steichen, as well as family pets, including dogs and a donkey., Some photographs record visits to sites in France, including Étables-sur-Mer and the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, as well as locations in the United States, including Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and New York City., and The albums include informal portraits of the immediate Steichen family, as well as Edward Steichen's parents Marie Kemp Steichen and Jean-Pierre Steichen, and his sister, Lilian "Paula" Steichen. There is also an informal portrait of Alvin Langdon Coburn with Mary Steichen. A few photographs document the Steichen sisters' lives after childhood, including portraits of Nell Martin and Linda Martin, the daughters of Mary Steichen with her first husband, W. Lon Martin.
Description:
Some pages blank., Stored in 2 boxes., Title devised by cataloger., and Two albums with photographs created by Edward Steichen and others that chiefly document his family, 1904-1939.
Subject (Geographic):
Milwaukee (Wis.)--Pictorial works, New York (N.Y.)--Pictorial works, and Voulangis (Seine-et-Marne, France)--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Hodes, Linda Martin,--1928-2000--Pictorial works, Martin, Nell,--1925-1935--Pictorial works, Martin, W. Lon,--b.1903--Pictorial works, Steichen family--Pictorial works, Steichen, Charlotte Rodina,--1908-1988--Pictorial works, Steichen, Clara Smith,--1875-1952--Pictorial works, Steichen, Edward,--1879-1973--Homes and haunts--France--Voulangis--Pictorial works, Steichen, Edward,--1879-1973--Pictorial works, Steichen, Jean-Pierre,--1854-1944--Pictorial works, Steichen, Lilian,--1883-1977--Pictorial works, and Steichen, Marie Kemp,--1854-1933--Pictorial works
Stokes, I. N. Phelps (Isaac Newton Phelps), 1867-1944 Wieder, Frederik Caspar, 1874-1943
Published / Created:
1915-28.
Call Number:
1977 +53
Image Count:
5
Description:
"Of this book three hundred and sixty copies have been printed on English hand-made paper [4-6 on Holland hand-made paper] and forty-two on Japanese vellum." This copy on English and Holland hand-made paper., Bibliography by V. H. Paltsits., and Engraved title page, with ornamental border: engraved head and tail pieces. "Most of the head-bands and tail-pieces were engraved ... by Mr. Sidney L. Smith from designs composed by the author." Others by Walter M. Aikman.
Publisher:
R. H. Dodd,
Subject (Geographic):
America--Discovery and exploration, America--Maps, Early, America--Maps--Bibliography, New York (N.Y.)--Bibliography, New York (N.Y.)--History, New York (N.Y.)--Maps, and New York (N.Y.)--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Havemeyer, Henry Osborne,--1876---Ownership (BEIN 1977 +53) and Rosenbloom, Charles J.--Bookplate (BEIN 1977 +53)
Subject (Topic):
American newspapers--New York (State)--New York--Bibliography and Cartography--America--History
