Edward Steichen, "Mr. and Mrs." -- The Sandburgs, Elmhurst, Illinois

1923
Gelatin silver print.
6 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (17.1 x 19.1 cm)
Signed in pencil, titled, dated, and extensively annotated by Grace Mayer, Steichen’s colleague at The Museum of Modern Art, and others in pencil, and with reduction notations red crayon on the verso.

Provenance

The photographer to Carl Sandburg
By descent to his daughter, Helga Sandburg

Literature

Steichen, A Life in Photography, pl. 94
Helga Sandburg, A Great and Glorious Romance, The Story of Carl Sandburg and Lilian Steichen, cover
Ewiing, Edward Steichen: Lives in Photography, pl. 236