Stillman, E. G. (1884-1949), United States, collector
Location:
Subject: Japan
Topics:
portrait photographs; women; Japanese; dance; kimonos; group portraits
Materials/Techniques:
Hand-colored albumen print mounted on cardboard and hinged in album.
Note:
Provenance: Gift of E.G. Stillman to Widener Library, 1938, later transferred to the Fine Arts Library. Historical: Ernest Goodrich Stillman, the son of American financier and banker James Stillman, earned his BA from Harvard in 1908 and his MD from Columbia in 1913. He worked at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research from 1915-1949. A generous benefactor of Harvard University, he had many interests, including photography and collecting Japanese art and literature.
Related Work:
Part of: E.G. Stillman Japanese Collection Part of: Early Photography of Japan
