Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Prints, Drawings, and Photographs: July 2011–June 2012
Portrait of J. Pierpont Morgan
1903, printed 1920s
Edward Steichen
Sheet: 34.6 x 27.2 cm (13 5/8 x 10 11/16 in.)
Mount (board): 35.5 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.)
Photograph, gelatin silver print
Classification: Photographs
Accession number: 2012.137
Provenance/Ownership History: 1970s, gift of the artist and his wife to Mr. and Mrs. Yousuf and Estrellita Karsh; 2012, gift of Estrellita Karsh to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 25, 2012)
Gift of Estrellita Karsh in memory of Yousuf Karsh