Edward Steichen
Grasshopper

Grasshopper

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

Grasshopper
Grasshopper
ArtistAmerican, born Luxembourg, 1879–1973
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Grasshopper
  • Grasshopper on Wheat
Date1922
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 9/16 × 7 1/8 in. (24.3 × 18.1 cm)
Sheet: 9 9/16 × 7 1/8 in. (24.3 × 18.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Mary Kathryn Lynch Kurtz Charitable Lead Trust, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2012.635
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceManfred Heiting, purchased 1990s; purchased by MFAH, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in black, recto, bottom left corner: STEICHEN // MCMXXII
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top: Steichen - // Grasshopper on Wheat // Val[illegible] – before 1914 // (taken in field, with opaque glass held behind growing // wheat –stalk)
Incribed in pencil, verso, lower left corner: ES-7
Signed in black, recto, bottom left corner: STEICHEN // MCMXXII

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