Edward Steichen

The Flatiron - Evening
1906

A vintage photograph depicting a nighttime street scene with silhouettes of bare trees, horse-drawn carriages, and a few pedestrians on a wet road, possibly after rain. The image has a dark, moody atmosphere and is mounted on a beige mat board with worn edges.

A vintage photograph depicting a nighttime street scene with silhouettes of bare trees, horse-drawn carriages, and a few pedestrians on a wet road, possibly after rain. The image has a dark, moody atmosphere and is mounted on a beige mat board with worn edges.

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Date
1906

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Three-color half-tone on paper

Dimensions
Mount: 11 13/16 × 8 1/4in. (30 × 21 cm) Sheet: 8 7/16 × 6 7/16in. (21.4 × 16.4 cm)

Accession number
2007.123

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Inc.

Rights and reproductions
© The Estate of Edward Steichen / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/29879

Exhibitions

Modern Life: Edward Hopper and His Time

Oct 28, 2010–Apr 10, 2011

Edward Steichen
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