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Edward Steichen

Fashion Study with Marion Morehouse (Mrs. e. e. Cummings)

Estimate
$12,000 - 15,000
$15,120
Lot Details
Gelatin silver print.
1930
9 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (24.1 x 19.7 cm)
Dated and annotated in an unidentified hand in pencil and a Condé Nast collection label on the verso.
Catalogue Essay
Marion Morehouse, who would later marry poet e. e. cummings, appears on the left in this classic Steichen fashion study. Steichen wrote, 'The greatest fashion model I ever photographed was Marion Morehouse. Miss Morehouse was no more interested in fashion than I was. But when she put on the clothes that were to be photographed, she transformed herself into a woman who really would wear that gown or that riding habit or whatever the outfit was' (A Life in Photography).

Edward Steichen

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