The Painter Louis Mayer
The Painter Louis Mayer
The Painter Louis Mayer

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

The Painter Louis Mayer
The Painter Louis Mayer
The Painter Louis Mayer

Currently not on view

The Painter Louis Mayer,

1901

Edward Steichen, 1879–1973; born Bivange, Luxembourg; died Redding, CT; active New York, NY
2016-19

Information

Title
The Painter Louis Mayer
Dates

1901

Maker
Edward Steichen
Medium
Platinum print
Dimensions
10.9 × 7.7 cm (4 5/16 × 3 1/16 in.) grey mount: 11.5 × 8.3 cm (4 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.) green mount: 29.6 × 23.6 cm (11 5/8 × 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of David and Kathryn Richardson, parents of Andrew Richardson, Class of 1992, and Matthew Richardson, Class of 1997, in honor of Peter C. Bunnell
Object Number
2016-19
Culture
American
Type
platinum prints, photographs
Materials
paper (fiber product), platinum
Techniques
black-and-white photography
Subject
artists, men, figures (representations), portraits

Louis Mayer; acquired by Sandro Mayer, son of Louis Mayer; given to the Museum of Modern Art, New York; [Sotheby's, New York, NY, Photographs from the Museum of Modern Art, April 25, 2001, lot 105]; acquired by unknown agent; [Christie's, New York, NY, Modern Visions: Exceptional Photographs, February 17, 2016, lot 242]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2016.

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