Colour Experiment - Chinese Ladies
Print: around 1940 - 1949Dye-transfer printH x L : 25.3 x 20.2 cm
This experiment with dye transfer print shows different stages of the process and the final result. The dye transfer process is very similar to lithography and as a trained lithographer, Edward Steichen was constantly experimenting with the possibilities of this technique.
Object: Colour Experiment - Chinese Ladies
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Edward Steichen (1879-1973) | Photographe
- Title:
- Couleur expérimentale - Dames chinoises
- Date:
- Tirage : vers 1940 - 1949
- Prise de vue : vers 1940 - 1941
- Inventory Number:
- 1985-030/143-d
- Collection:
- Edward Steichen Collection
- Domain:
- Photographie
- Designation:
- Photographie
- Iconography:
- Portrait
- Material | Technique:
- Impression par transfert de colorant
- Measurements:
- H x L : 25.3 x 20.2 cm
- Location:
- Dépôt
- Credit:
- Legs Edward Steichen sous la direction de Joanna T. Steichen
- Acquisition method:
- Legs
- Acquisition date:
- 1985
- Copyright:
-
Work: In Copyright | © The Estate of Edward Steichen / Adagp, Paris, 2026
Image(s): In Copyright | Reproduction : MNAHA / Tom Lucas
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universel (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Tom Lucas
- Metadata last updated on:
- 30.01.2026
This experiment with dye transfer print shows different stages of the process and the final result. The dye transfer process is very similar to lithography and as a trained lithographer, Edward Steichen was constantly experimenting with the possibilities of this technique.
Object: Colour Experiment - Chinese Ladies
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Edward Steichen (1879-1973) | Photographe
- Title:
- Couleur expérimentale - Dames chinoises
- Date:
- Tirage : vers 1940 - 1949
- Prise de vue : vers 1940 - 1941
- Inventory Number:
- 1985-030/143-d
- Collection:
- Edward Steichen Collection
- Domain:
- Photographie
- Designation:
- Photographie
- Iconography:
- Portrait
- Material | Technique:
- Impression par transfert de colorant
- Measurements:
- H x L : 25.3 x 20.2 cm
- Location:
- Dépôt
- Credit:
- Legs Edward Steichen sous la direction de Joanna T. Steichen
- Acquisition method:
- Legs
- Acquisition date:
- 1985
- Copyright:
-
Work: In Copyright | © The Estate of Edward Steichen / Adagp, Paris, 2026
Image(s): In Copyright | Reproduction : MNAHA / Tom Lucas
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universel (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Tom Lucas
- Metadata last updated on:
- 30.01.2026
