Edward Steichen miscellaneous acquisitions collection
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Not requestable
Scope and Contents
This artificial collection contains materials related to the life and career of Edward Steichen (1879-1973). The items in this collection have been assembled from a number of different sources and do not constitute any part of the official Edward Steichen Archive.
Series one includes 205 slides of which 150 are aerial views taken during World War I and 26 are ground views of the war; the remaining 29 are commercial, portrait, and theatrical photographs made between 1920 and 1934. This series also includes Steichen’s aerial camera.
Series two contains a diary, pamphlets, and photographic materials, ca. 1930s - 1942, of Noel Deeks, who was a photographer and Edward Steichen’s printer. The photocopied diary, 1935-1942, of Noel Deeks covers personal life and daily activities while employed as a printer for Edward Steichen. Five pamphlets describe the uses of the Raylo Camera and Deeks’ Color sheets, early color processes invented by Hiram C. J. Deeks. Also included are two color transparencies of “The Swedish Lotus,” prints made by Hiram and Noel Deeks for Steichen; and thirteen copy prints made by the Center for Creative Photography staff of portraits of Steichen, the Deeks, and Steichen’s studio.
Series three includes the January 10, 1938 issue of Time: The Weekly Newsmagazine, which features the article “Forty Years of Steichen.”
Dates
- 1917-1942
Creator
- Steichen, Edward (1879-1973) (Person)
Language of Materials
Material in English
Conditions Governing Access
To access materials from this collection, please contact CCP-RefDesk@email.arizona.edu
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission from the copyright owner (which could be the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates or literary executors) prior to any copyright-protected uses of the collection.
The user agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents, the University of Arizona, Center of Creative Photography, including its officers, employees, and agents, from and against all claims made relating to copyright or other intellectual property infringement
Biographical Note
Edward Steichen was born on March 27, 1879 in Luxembourg where he lived until 1881 when his family immigrated to the United States. Originally trained as a painter, Steichen’s photographic works reflect this with their soft tones and lighting, key traits of the Photo-Secession Movement which he co-founded in 1902. Three years later Steichen opened the gallery known as 291 in New York City with Alfred Stieglitz. During World War I, Steichen was an aerial photographer and the director of photographic services for the United States Air Force. Upon his return from war he became chief photographer at Vogue, and later, in 1947, left his career to become the director of the photography department at the Museum of Modern Art, a position he would hold until 1962. He died on March 25, 1973.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Creative Commons license.
Abstract
This artificial collection contains materials related to the life and career of Edward Steichen (1879-1973). The items in this collection have been assembled from a number of different sources and do not constitute any part of the official Edward Steichen Archive.
Arrangement
The Collection is arranged into the following series:
- Series One: Lantern Slides, 1917-1934, (Boxes 1-3), 0.25 linear feet
- Series Two: Noel Deeks Papers, (Box 4), fraction of a linear foot
- Series Three: Magazines, (Box 5) one folder
Custodial History
Series One: Purchased from G.R. Minkoff, 1977
Series Two: Gift of Noel Deeks, 1977
Series Three: Gift of The Estate of Raymond Lammers, 1997
Processing Information
Series One: This series was withdrawn from AG 8, Miscellaneous Small Collections, in May 1990, by Kristi Bradford. In December 1997, it became part of AG 24. Edward Steichen Miscellaneous Collection.
Series Two: Processed summer 1984 by Judith Leckrone. Note that this series originally was organized as the Noel Deeks Collection, first as AG 22, and later AG 24 (November 1984). In December 1997, it was combined with other small Steichen collections as part of the Edward Steichen Miscellaneous Collection.
Finding aid updated by Meghan Jordan in May 2016
Source
- Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). Department of Film (Organization)
- "291" (Gallery) (Organization)
- Title
- Edward Steichen Miscellaneous Collection 1917-1942
- Author
- Finding aid created by Lenox Wiese
- Date
- © 2016
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English .
Repository Details
Part of the Center for Creative Photography Archives Repository
