Christie's, New York, 5 October 1995, lot 15; Joy of Giving Something Foundation; Phillips, New York, The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation, Part 1, April 3, 2017, Lot 40; Private collector.

Edward Steichen (American, 1879-1973) Chéruit gown, Marion Morehouse (Mrs. E.E. Cummings), for Vogue, 1927 Gelatin silver print 9-1/2 x 7-3/4 inches (24.1 x 19.7 cm) (image/sheet) Annotated 'Vogue fashion', dated and numbered '25' in the negative in the margin. Photographer's credit stamp, mount verso. PROVENANCE: Christie's, New York, October 5, 1995, lot 15; Joy of Giving Something Foundation; Phillips, New York, The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation, Part 1, April 3, 2017, Lot 40; Private collection, acquired from the above. LITERATURE: The Paris Mode, As New York Likes It: Seven Pages of Outstanding Fashions, Vogue, 1 May 1927, p. 59; Margaret Case Harriman, Steichen, Vogue, 1 January 1938, p. 36; Edward Steichen: His Photographs and Achievements, U. S. Camera Annual 1956, p. 27; Steichen the Photographer (The Museum of Modern Art, 1961), p. 46; Edward Steichen, A Life in Photography (Garden City, 1963), pl. 104; Joanna Steichen, ed., Steichen's Legacy: Photographs, 1895-1973 (New York, 2000), pl. 97; Nancy Hall Duncan, The History of Fashion Photography (George Eastman House, 1977), p. 51; Polly Devlin, Vogue Book of Fashion Photography, 1919-1979 (New York, 1979), p. 30; William A. Ewing and Todd Brandow, Edward Steichen: In High Fashion—The Condé Nast Years, 1923-1937 (London, 2007), fig. 90, p. 115. HID12401132022 © 2026 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice

Overall excellent condition. A few minor losses to the emulsion layer in the corners or the sheet, not visible through window mat. A very few creases along along the extreme edges of the sheet with edge chipping and some bumps tot he corners. Sheet is flush mount to a card, cornered to a window mat and framed under glass to 21 x 17 inches.