Edward Steichen
American, born Luxembourg, 1879–1973
Clare Boothe Luce
INV-9738
Edward Steichen
American, born Luxembourg, 1879–19731931
Clare Boothe Luce
Edward Steichen American, born Luxembourg, 1879–1973 →dye imbibition printphotographic process
Date
1931
Medium
Dye imbibition print
Dimensions
Image: 33.9 × 23.5 cm (13 3/8 × 9 5/16 in.); Paper: 35.1 × 27.7 cm (13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Bequest of Edward Steichen by direction of Joanna T. Steichen and George Eastman House
In 1923 Edward Steichen—once a pioneering champion of photography-as-art—was appointed chief photographer at Condé Nast publications, embarking on a nearly 15-year career in editorial and advertising photography. Steichen contributed iconic fashion photographs and celebrity portraits to Vogue and Vanity Fair, including some of the first color photographs ever published in these magazines (Steichen shot Vogue’s first color cover photograph in 1932). The success of these images lead Condé Nast to invest heavily in color printing technology. At the time this photograph was taken, Clare Boothe was a caption writer at Vogue. She later became managing editor of Vanity Fair and, after marrying publisher Henry R. Luce in 1935, worked as a foreign correspondent for Luce’s Life magazine. In 1953 she was appointed ambassador to Italy, becoming the first American woman to hold a major diplomatic post abroad.
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