Edward Steichen, Heavy Roses, Voulangis, France, 1914, is said to be the last photograph he took in France before the Great War (that would be World War I). This image has a rich painterly quality––and it should, it was taken when Steichen still had aspirations to be a painter.
Following the war Steichen returned to Voulangis and destroyed all of his paintings.
Heavy Roses, Voulangis, France, 1914. Edward Steichen. Image size: 8” x 10”. Matt size: 20” x 16”. Hand-pulled dust-grain photogravure. Printed by master photogravure printer, Jon Goodman. Numbered. Edition of 400 and no artist’s proofs. Perfect condition, kept in Aperture’s vaults since date of printing.
$500