Le Cigale (The Grasshopper)Artwork Info About the Artist About this Photograph 1901 Photogravure tipped to Japanese paper tipped to period paper Published in Camera Work, April 1906, 14: 5 Edward Steichen (1879 1973) was a key figure of twentieth century photography, directing its development as a prominent photographer and influential curator. Steichen came to the United States in 1881. He painted and worked in lithography, before undertaking photography in 1896, and first