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Title: The First Picture Book
Author:
Mary Steichen Calderone (American, 1904–1998)
Photographer:
Edward J. Steichen (American (born Luxembourg), Bivange 1879–1973 West Redding, Connecticut)
Author:
John Updike (American, 1932–2009)
Publisher:
The Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art
Printer:
Michael and Winifred Bixler Press and Letter Foundry (American, founded 1973)
Printer:
Allethaire Press (American, Hadley, Massachusetts)
Printer:
Jon Goodman (American, born 1953)
Binder:
Craig Jensen (American)
Date: 1991
Medium: Artist's book
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 7/16 × 7 5/16 in. (21.4 × 18.5 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Lin Lougheed Collection, Gift of Lin Lougheed, 2016
Accession Number: 2016.587.19
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