Print Frank Lloyd Wright Engraving Portrait 12×14. Print Method: Quadtone Plate (Four different tones or color plates). Color / B&W: Black & White. Image Height: 9.45 ins. Image Width: 7.48 ins. (New) Mount & Mat Board: 100% Cotton, Acid Free, Museum Grade Mount Board. Mount Height: 14.0 ins. Mount Width: 12.0 ins. Standard Frame: 12 by 14. The mount and mat are brand new. As a pioneer of fashion photography, Steichen’s gown images for the magazine Art et Décoration in 1911 were the first modern fashion photographs to be published. From 1923 to 1938, Steichen served as chief photographer for the Condé Nast magazines Vogue and Vanity Fair, while also working for many advertising agencies, including J. During these years, Steichen was regarded as the most popular and highest-paid photographer in the world. Later in his career, Steichen became an influential impresario, promoting photography as a tool of mass media while retaining his fierce dedication to craft. He upheld these views as head of the photography department at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, from 1947 to 1962. National Gallery of Art. In 1900 Steichen made a brief stopover in New York City en route to Paris, where he was planning to study painting at the Académie Julian. White had come across the young artist’s photographs and was impressed enough to arrange for him to meet with Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864 – 1946) at the Camera Club of New York. Stieglitz ended up purchasing three photographs from Steichen-a self portrait and two dreamy forest scenes-for the considerable price of five dollars apiece. American photographer who achieved distinction in a remarkably broad range of roles. In his youth he was perhaps the most talented and inventive photographer among those working to win public acceptance of photography as a fine art. He went on to gain fame as a commercial photographer in the 1920s and’30s, when he created stylish and convincing portraits of artists and celebrities. He was also a prominent curator, organizing the hugely influential “Family of Man” exhibition in 1955… With an online database of more than 17,000 photographers, Vintage Photo Prints has been serving art collectors around the globe since 1982. To browse our latest daily arrivals in the gallery. More items in the “Historical Portraits” category. Quadtone Process (Words And Photos). A tritone image is printed with three inks, and a quadtone is printed with four inks. The inks are usually Pantone colors that you can choose in Photoshop beginning with a dark base color such as black, a variation of black, or another dark color, along with a lighter second ink. A tritone adds a third ink, and fourth ink is added for a quadtone… Some people focus on four distinct regions of the overall tone curve (from highlights to shadows) using cyan, magenta, yellow, and black in percentages that mimic a black-and-white photo i. To omit visible color detail and produce a range of tones approximating black, grey, and white. This is called a quadtone, quadtratone, or 4-color black-and-white image. From a distance, it looks like a black-and-white photo with incredible depth of tone and image detail, but through a printer’s loupe you can see the cyan, magenta, yellow, and black halftone dots… EXTRA FINE COLLECTOR CONDITION PRINT with BRAND NEW, professionally dry-mounted MOUNT AND MAT with archival, museum grade, 12.0 ins wide x 14.0 ins high mount board. Vintage Print: VP2D0829 is a GENUINE EDWARD STEICHEN, QUADTONE PLATE. It is NOT a copy of any kind nor a digital reprint. It is an AUTHENTIC VINTAGE PRINT made in 2008, ready for a standard 12 by 14 frame, Image size: 7.48 ins wide x 9.45 ins high. GALLERY CERTIFIED with SECURITY ID. Vintage Print: VP2D0829 is a genuine Quadtone Plate print. It is not a modern copy of any kind nor a digital reprint. It is an authentic vintage print made in 2008. The print mount comes with a label fixed to the reverse side of the archival mount-board. The label contains the information needed to confirm the authenticity of the print. There is a QR code on the label which you can scan to go directly to your database page without having to enter the vintage id. The label has a Gallery Security ID. The Security ID on the COA matches the Security ID on the label. Vintage Print: VP2D0829 comes with a signed letter certifying its authenticity. The letter also contains a copy of the label from the back of the print mount (see above) and a matching Security ID.
