Dana Steichen colour portraits

Edward Steichen ~ [Dana Steichen draped in shawl], ca. 1920. Cyanotype and palladium print. | src George Eastman museum — **Edward Steichen ~** [Dana Steichen draped in shawl], ca. 1920. Cyanotype and palladium print. | src George Eastman museum

**Edward Steichen ~** Dana Steichen Holding a Sunflower, ca. 1924. Cyanotype and palladium print. | src George Eastman Museum

**Edward Steichen ~** [Dana Steichen draped in shawl], ca. 1920. Cyanotype and experimental process. | src George Eastman Museum

Dana Steichen by Steichen

**Edward Steichen ~** Dana [Desboro Glover] Steichen holding an Apple ca. 1923. Dye imbibition print. | George Eastman Museum

After a quiet romance, Steichen married the actress Dana Desboro Glover in March 1923 in Blairstown, New Jersey, where Dana’s family owned a farm. From 1928 on they lived together on a large farm in West Redding, Connecticut where Steichen continued his extensive work in plant genetics, breeding award-winning delphiniums and other flowers. A strikingly modern glass home they built there continues to garner praise for its extraordinary siting and craftsmanship. Up until 1927, they also spent a part of each summer at Steichen’s home in Voulangis. Dana Steichen died in 1957 after thirty-four years of marriage. (quoted from E.S. Estate)

Edward Steichen
American, b. Luxembourg, 1879–1973
[Dana Steichen with apple]
ca. 1920
Cyanotype and palladium print — **Edward Steichen** (American, b. Luxembourg, 1879–1973)
**Edward Steichen** ~ [Dana Steichen with apple], ca. 1920. Cyanotype and palladium print. | George Eastman Museum

Toodles by Alvin L. Coburn

**Alvin L. Coburn** (1882–1966) :: ‘Toodles (Elsie Thomas)’, ca. 1908. Gelatin silver print, printed in the 1980s | Ostlicht Auktion 2023

Coburn was given his first camera at the age of eight and was introduced to photography by his cousin Fred Holland Day. As early as 1902 he became a member of the New York Photo-Secession initiated by Alfred Stieglitz, and two years later his first pictures appeared in Stieglitz’s magazine “Camera Work”. A vintage print of this beautiful motif is hold at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), there titled and dated. Coburn also made autochromes of the same model, showing the red colour of her kimono.

**Alvin Langdon Coburn** (1882–1966) :: ‘Toodles (Elsie Thomas)’, ca. 1908 | Ostlicht Auktion 2023

**Alvin Langdon Coburn ::** Elsie Thomas in a Kimono sitting on a Hammock, ca.1908. Autochrome

**Alvin Langdon Coburn ::** Elsie Thomas in a Red Kimono with Sunflower, ca.1908. Autochrome Lumière

**Alvin Langdon Coburn ::** Elsie Thomas (‘Toodles’) in a Kimono, ca.1908

**Alvin Langdon Coburn ::** Elsie Thomas wearing a Kimono, ca.1908

Katzen von d’Ora – Benda

**Atelier d’Ora ~ Benda ::** Katzen, Wiener Tierschutzverein (Cats, for the Benefit for the Vienna Animal Protection Society), ca. 1930

Theda Bara · A Fool There Was

Theda Bara (The Vampire) in her first starring role in A Fool There Was (1915). Private collection. | src Wikimedia Commons

Musidora par Arnal ca. 1920

Tirage argentique d’époque représentant Jeanne Roques, dite Musidora, dédicacé à l’encre « Pour la belle Madame Duclos. Hommage admiratif de Musidora ». Signature du photographe Arnal en bas à droite. Circa 1920 | src AuctionArt

Autochromes chez Mme Stern

Portrait de dame. Collection Madame (Ernesta) Stern, Paris, 1907, plaque de verre Autochrome. Collection Madame Stern / Maria Star. eBay

Portrait de dame. Probably Madame (Ernesta) Stern herself, Paris, 1907. Autochrome. Collection Madame Stern / Maria Star. eBay

Portrait de dame. Maybe Madame (Ernesta) Stern, Paris, 1907. Autochrome. Collection Madame Stern / Maria Star. eBay

According to the seller, Gabriele Bacchiega (eBay profile photo-stereo) all these Autochromes are somehow related to the writer and socialite Ernesta Stern (born Maria Ernesta Hierschel de Minerbi, pen-name Maria Star) (1854 – 1926) or the Salon she held in Paris at 68 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré. Read more about her here