Torso
Photograph
1902 (photographed)
1902 (photographed)
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Black and white photograph showing a nude woman sitting with her knees hugged in to her chest, in front of a small circular mirror and next to a vase filled with decorative branches
Object details
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Title | Torso (popular title) |
Materials and techniques | Hand-pulled photogravure, made from the original negative |
Brief description | Photograph by Edward Steichen, 'Torso', Paris, hand-pulled photogravure, 1902 |
Physical description | Black and white photograph showing a nude woman sitting with her knees hugged in to her chest, in front of a small circular mirror and next to a vase filled with decorative branches |
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Gallery label | Gallery 100, 2016-17:
Edward Steichen (1879–1973)
‘Torso’
1902, printed later
Edward Steichen was a leading American photographer who worked on fine art projects and for Vogue. He wrote about photographing nudes, ‘I did a number of nude figures in Paris. In none of these is the face visible. For many years everyone had prejudices against posing in the nude and even professional models usually insisted, when they posed for nude pictures, that their faces not be shown.’
Hand-pulled photogravure
Museum no. Ph.297-1982 |
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Bibliographic reference | Edward Steichen, in his autobiography 'A Life in Photography' recalls that 'I did a number of nude figures in Paris...in none of these is the face visible. For many years everyone had prejudices against posing in the nude and even professional models usually insisted, when they posed for nude pictures, that their faces not be shown.' |
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Accession number | PH.297-1982 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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