My Mother Marie Kemp Steichen

Print: after 1953H x L : 25.2 x 20.3 cm

Marie Kemp Steichen (1854-1933) was Edward Steichen’s mother, seen here in front of her house in Elmhurst, Illinois. Steichen’s biography A Life in Photography is dedicated to his mother, “the guiding and inspiring influence” in his life. This photograph accompanies the foreword, which is an homage to his mother, and is thus the very first picture in Steichen’s autobiography. Steichen praised his mother for her “great strength, and fortitude, her deep, warm optimism and human understanding,” and for teaching him the importance of equality and tolerance.

Object: My Mother Marie Kemp Steichen

Artist | Manufacturer:
Edward Steichen (1879-1973) | Photographer
Mary Kemp Steichen (1854-1933) | Represented person
Title:
My Mother Marie Kemp Steichen
Date:
Print: after 1953
Shot: 1925 - 1929
Inventory Number:
1985-030/016-f
Collection:
Edward Steichen Collection
Domain:
Photography
Designation:
Photograph
Iconography:
Portrait
Measurements:
H x L : 25.2 x 20.3 cm
Geographical Reference:
Shooting location: | Elmhurst
Copyright:
Work: In Copyright | © The Estate of Edward Steichen / Adagp, Paris, 2025
Image(s): In Copyright | Reproduction: MNAHA / Tom Lucas
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
Photographer:
Tom Lucas
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Marie Kemp Steichen (1854-1933) was Edward Steichen’s mother, seen here in front of her house in Elmhurst, Illinois. Steichen’s biography A Life in Photography is dedicated to his mother, “the guiding and inspiring influence” in his life. This photograph accompanies the foreword, which is an homage to his mother, and is thus the very first picture in Steichen’s autobiography. Steichen praised his mother for her “great strength, and fortitude, her deep, warm optimism and human understanding,” and for teaching him the importance of equality and tolerance.

Object: My Mother Marie Kemp Steichen

Artist | Manufacturer:
Edward Steichen (1879-1973) | Photographer
Mary Kemp Steichen (1854-1933) | Represented person
Title:
My Mother Marie Kemp Steichen
Date:
Print: after 1953
Shot: 1925 - 1929
Inventory Number:
1985-030/016-f
Collection:
Edward Steichen Collection
Domain:
Photography
Designation:
Photograph
Iconography:
Portrait
Measurements:
H x L : 25.2 x 20.3 cm
Geographical Reference:
Shooting location: | Elmhurst
Copyright:
Work: In Copyright | © The Estate of Edward Steichen / Adagp, Paris, 2025
Image(s): In Copyright | Reproduction: MNAHA / Tom Lucas
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
Photographer:
Tom Lucas
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