

204
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.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
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).
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