Edward J. Steichen Works Online
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Original works by Edward J. Steichen available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 Art Institute of Chicago
Edward J. Steichen at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan
3 works online
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Self-Portrait, 1901
Edward J. Steichen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Paintings collection online
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Photograph collection online
Museum of Modern Art, New York City
1 work online when last checked
Edward J. Steichen at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Le Tournesol (The Sunflower), painting, ca.1920
Edward J. Steichen at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Le Tournesol (The Sunflower)
Réunion des Musées Nationaux, France (in French) 
3 works online
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts
Bibliotheque Nationale de France (in French)
Gloria Swanson, 1928
Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
(See photograph 01)
Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio
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Time-Space Continuum
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma
Rodin: Balzac Towards the Light Midnight, ca.1905
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma
Cheruit Gown (Marion Morehouse - Mrs. e.e. cummings), 1927
Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts
Hood Museum of Art, New Hampshire
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, Brunswick, New Jersey
Rodin - Le Penseur, 1902
Jeu de Paume, Paris (mostly in French)
Info about a 2007 exhibition: "Steichen, une épopée photographique"
Edward J. Steichen in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database
Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin
Pool, Milwaukee
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota
Museum of Art at Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College, Chicago
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Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College, Chicago
Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma
Moonrise, 1904
Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey
Reina Sofía National Museum, Madrid (in Spanish)
Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art
Self-Portrait (see top row)
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, Nebraska
Shrouded Figure in Moonlight
Edward J. Steichen at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
State Museums of Berlin
University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City
Self-Portrait with Brush and Palette, 1901
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Smithsonian American Art Museum National Art Inventories
List of works nationwide from two sources: the Inventory of American Paintings Executed before 1914 and the Inventory of American Sculpture (only a few percent of listings have an accompanying image)
Art Market:
(e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Christie's Past Sale Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
Edward J. Steichen at CGFA
Edward J. Steichen at The Athenaeum
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)
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California State University WorldImages Database
Masters of Photography
The History Project at U.C. Davis
USC Annenberg School for Communication
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Articles and Reference Sites:
Answers.com reference works 
The "Art Encyclopedia" entry is from the Concise Grove Dictionary of Art (2002). The "Photography Encyclopedia" entry is from the The Oxford Companion to the Photograph (2005).
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Edward J. Steichen
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Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
Antiques & Fine Art Magazine
The Yellow Moon, 1909. Oil on canvas
PhotoQuotes
The New York Observer
"Steichen's Sappy Photos Not Redeemed at Whitney", article by Hilton Kramer
"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon
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| Search Inside Books: | Same as "Look Inside", except that the entire book is scanned in, and the text is fully searchable. This is an unbelievable resource, for research and especially for previewing a book when making the decision to buy.
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Real Fantasies: Edward Steichen's Advertising Photography
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Edward Steichen
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Edward Steichen: The Royal Photographic Society Collection
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