mounted, credited to the photographer and dated in an unidentified hand in pencil on the mount, titled, dated, and annotated 'Double Exposure' and 'Edward Steichen' in an unidentified hand in pencil and with a typed title label on the reverse, matted, 1932, printed later (A Life in Photography, pl. 213; Photography Until Now, p. 192; Photography and Architecture, pl. 131)

This large-format, warm-toned print, on paper with a very slight surface sheen, is in generally very good to excellent condition. The edges are rubbed, and there is tiny emulsion loss at the edges and corners. In raking light, small deposits of original retouching are visible. The mount is thick illustration board and has bumped corners, light soiling, and age-darkening at the periphery. On the reverse, there are 5 small paper tape remains at the top, right and bottom edges.
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