The Waking Dream Met Museum Photography Poster - Steichen 1993 Print

Photographer: Edward Steichen (American, born Luxembourg, 1879–1973)
Featured Artwork: Rodin - The Thinker / Le Penseur (Paris, 1902)
Exhibition Title: The Waking Dream: Photography's First Century (Selections from the Gilman Paper Company Collection)
Institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Exhibition Dates: March 25 – July 4, 1993
Technique: High-quality vintage museum-grade offset lithographic photography poster
Dimensions: 68x75 cm
Status: Excellent vintage condition, unbacked, deep contrast tones 
 
About the Poster:
This magnificent, museum-grade The Waking Dream Met Museum Photography Poster was published in 1993 by The Metropolitan Museum of Art to commemorate its landmark photography exhibition. The image displays Edward Steichen's legendary 1902 Pictorialist masterpiece, capturing French sculptor Auguste Rodin facing his iconic monument, "The Thinker", amidst dramatic silhouettes and atmospheric light. Printed with deep tonal contrasts to match the texture of the original gum bichromate print, this large format poster features clean corporate museum typography below the artwork. 
 
About the Photographer & Exhibition:
Edward Steichen was a titan of twentieth-century photography, instrumental in gaining acceptance for photography as a fine art. The Waking Dream exhibition featured unparalleled masterworks curated from the world-famous Gilman Paper Company Collection, illustrating the technical and aesthetic evolution during the medium's first one hundred years.