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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
The Lady in the Doorway
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

The Lady in the Doorway

Artist Edward Jean Steichen (American, 1879-1973)
CultureAmerican
Date1898
MediumGelatin silver print Gum bichromate print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 10 1/8 × 13 1/16 in. (25.7 × 33.2 cm)
Overall, Support: 14 × 17 1/16 in. (35.6 × 43.3 cm)
Overall, Mat: 22 3/8 × 25 5/8 in. (56.8 × 65.1 cm)
InscribedInitialed.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.2207.29
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a photograph depicting a woman standing in a doorway.

Exhibition History"History of Photography," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va, June 15, 1999 - January 2, 2000. "Edward Steichen: In Exaltation of Flowers," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, February 23 - November 28, 2021.
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