George A. Tice, American, 1938. Self-taught in photography, George Andrew Tice came to national recognition in 1959 when <a href="https://findartvalue.com/artist/edward-jean-steichen">Edward Steichen</a>, then director of the department of photography at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, bought Tice's image of an explosion aboard the U.S.S. Wasp for the museum's collection. The exchange began a