Edward Steichen: In High Fashion, the Condé Nast Years, 1923-1937

September 26, 2009 to January 3, 2010

Steichen and Marion Morehouse

The greatest fashion model I ever photographed was
Marion Morehouse. When she put on the clothes that were to be photographed, she transformed herself into a woman who really would wear that gown.”
– Edward Steichen

Marion Morehouse wearing a dress by Chéruit and jewelry by Black, Starr and Frost, next to a piano designed by Steichen, 1928

Marion Morehouse wearing a dress by Chéruit and jewelry by Black, Starr and Frost, next to a piano designed by Steichen, 1928. Gelatin silver print. Courtesy Condé Nast Archive, New York. © 1928 Condé Nast Publications

Musée de l'Elysée
Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography

Edward Steichen: In High Fashion, the Condé Nast Years, 1923 –1937 is curated by William A. Ewing, director, Musée de l´Elysée; Todd Brandow, executive director, Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography; and Nathalie Herschdorfer, curator, Musée de l’Elysée.
The exhibition has been organized by the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography, Minneapolis, and the Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, in collaboration with the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.
Generously supported by The Volunteers of the Art Gallery of Ontario.

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