Live Auction 12626Modern Visions: Exceptional Photographs
Edward Steichen (1879-1973)
Lot 243

Edward Steichen (1879-1973)

Portrait of Charles Coudert Nast, 1917

Closed18 February 2016

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USD 5,250

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Edward Steichen (1879-1973)
Portrait of Charles Coudert Nast, 1917
gelatin silver print, mounted on original brown paper, mounted on original buff paper
signed and dated in roman numerals in pencil (margin); annotations in pencil [illeg.] (mount, verso)
image: 9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (24.5 x 19.5 cm.)
sheet: 11 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. (29.9 x 24.5 cm.)
brown paper mount: 18 x 13 in. (45.8 x 33.1 cm.)
tertiary mount: 20 1/4 x 15 in. (51.5 x 38.2 cm.)

The Collection of Natica Warburg (1905-1987), sister of Charles Coudert Nast (1904-1981) and wife of cellist and banking heir Gerald Warburg (1902-1971).

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Charles Coudert Nast was the son of Condé Montrose Nast, the acclaimed founder of the publishing company that Steichen worked for throughout much of the 1920s, and Jeanne Clarisse Coudert, a set and costume designer. Trained both as a lawyer and a military man, Charles was general counsel of Condé Nast and previously the commanding general of the 42nd Infantry Division from 1957-1964.