Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Brandow, Todd
2. Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography
3. Musée de l'Elysée (Lausanne, Switzerland)

Description

1. 287 p. : ill. (some col.); 32 cm.

Summary

1. In early 1923, Edward Steichen was offered the prestigious position of chief photographer for "Vogue" and "Vanity Fair." This work features iconic images--including Gary Cooper, Greta Garbo, and Charlie Chaplin--that represent the high point in Steichen's career.

Subject

1. Steichen, Edward, 1879-1973 -- Exhibitions
2. Fashion photography -- Exhibitions

Contents

1. A perfect conjunction / William A. Ewing -- Plates I: I will sign the pictures -- Edward Steichen at Condé Nast publications / Carol Squiers -- Plates II: Light is a charlatan -- Lights going all over the place / Tobia Bezzola -- Plates III: Make Vogue a Louvre -- In the days of chic / Nathalie Herschdorfer -- Models and sitters: a who's who / Nathalie Herschdorfer -- Works in the exhibition.

Call number

1. MFX+ (Steichen) 09-251

Note

1. "Published on the occasion of the exhibition Edward Steichen: in high fashion, the Condé Nast years, 1923-1937, organized by the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography, Minneapolis, and the Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Ewing, William A.

Title

1. Edward Steichen : in high fashion, the Conde Nast years, 1923-1937 / William A. Ewing and Todd Brandow ; with essays by Tobia Bezzola ... [et al.].

Imprint

1. Minneapolis : Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography ; New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2008.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added author

1. Brandow, Todd.
2. Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography.
3. Musée de l'Elysée (Lausanne, Switzerland)

LCCN

1. 2007040501

ISBN

1. 9780393066777 (hardcover)
2. 0393066770 (hardcover)

Research call number

1. MFX+ (Steichen) 09-251