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
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
