Edward Steichen

Katherine Cornell

1925

A sepia-toned photograph depicting a woman dressed as a nun, with her head covered in a habit, looking upwards with her arms raised in a gesture of prayer or supplication. The lighting casts dramatic shadows, and a crucifix hangs from her waist, adding to the spiritual or religious theme of the image.

A sepia-toned photograph depicting a woman dressed as a nun, with her head covered in a habit, looking upwards with her arms raised in a gesture of prayer or supplication. The lighting casts dramatic shadows, and a crucifix hangs from her waist, adding to the spiritual or religious theme of the image.

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Date
1925

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 8in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm) Image: 9 15/16 × 8in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm)

Accession number
2012.228

Edition
Vintage

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Richard and Jackie Hollander in memory of Ellyn Hollander

Rights and reproductions
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Exhibitions

Edward Steichen
25 works in the collection, 6 exhibitions

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