Edward SteichenAmerican, 1879–1973Woman with Flowers
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Not on view at present
Where is “Woman with Flowers” now? Collection: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Not on view at present. Checked September 25, 2026.
New York, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- The museum
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- 2002.76
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- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Image: Whitney Museum of American Art — © the artist or rights holder
In the life of Edward Steichen
The whole life1899
Photographs at the Philadelphia Salon
His photographs are exhibited at the second Philadelphia Photographic Salon.
1900
Meets Stieglitz on the way to Paris
He leaves Milwaukee for Paris to study art; on a letter of introduction from Clarence H. White he meets Alfred Stieglitz in New York, who praises his background in painting and buys three of his photographic prints. He will spend several years in Paris and discover avant-garde art there.
1900
American citizenship
He becomes a US citizen and signs the naturalization papers as Edward J. Steichen, but goes on using his birth name, Éduard, until after the First World War.
1902
The Camera Work logo and the Photo-Secession
When Stieglitz is planning the magazine that becomes Camera Work, he asks Steichen to design its logo with a custom typeface; Steichen becomes the most frequently shown photographer in the journal. In the same year he is one of the founders of the Photo-Secession in New York.
