Up for auction is a rare antique original tipped-in Halftone dating from 1905 from the American master photographer, Eduard Steichen. This study titled "La Bella" is marked as Plate US.V from the American Section of "The Studio - Art in Photography" the Single Volume British companion to Camera Work, the important American photo secessionist magazine published by Alfred Stieglitz. These original photogravures are becoming exceedingly scarce and collectible, and the quality does not disappoint. Measures 4. x 5" on a sheet of dimensions 11" x 7 3/4." 100% guaranteed vintage and original.

Edward J. Steichen

Edward Jean Steichen (March 27, 1879 – March 25, 1973) was a Luxembourgish American photographer, painter and art gallery curator..

Steichen's were the photographs that most frequently appeared in Alfred Stieglitz groundbreaking magazine Camera Work during its publication from 1903 to 1917. Together Stieglitz and Steichen opened the Little Galleries of the Photo Secession, which eventually became known as '291', after its address.

Steichen laid claim to his photos of gowns for the magazine Art et Décoration in 1911 being the first modern fashion photographs ever published. From 1923 to 1938, Steichen was a photographer for the Conde Nast magazines Vogue and Vanity Fair  while also working for many advertising agencies including J. Walter Thompson. During these years, Steichen was regarded as the best known and highest paid photographer in the world. In 1944, he directed the war documentary The Fighting Lady, which won the 1945 Academy Award for Best Documentary.

From 1947 to 1961, Steichen served as Director of the Department of Photography at New York's Museum of Modern Art. While at MoMA, he curated and assembled exhibits including  The Family of Man, which was seen by nine million people.