Dieter Appelt
Image of Life and Death

Image of Life and Death

© Dieter Appelt / Courtesy Kicken Berlin

Image of Life and Death
Image of Life and Death
ArtistGerman, born 1935
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Image of Life and Death
  • Image de la vie et de la mort
  • from 17 min. 16 mm Black & White Film with Sound
Date1980–1991
PlaceGermany
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 3/4 × 10 3/8 in. (17.1 × 26.4 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/8 × 11 3/4 in. (23.9 × 29.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.559
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceArtist
Exhibition History"Self, Model, and Self as Other," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,13 July – 29 September, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in black ink lower verso: "Film [underlined]: 16 m/m, 17 min, S/W, sound. / . Image de la vie et de la mort' "
Signed in black ink right of center below artist's stamp, verso: "[illegible]"
Blue artist's stamp right of center, verso, rotated 90 deg. CW: "[double outlined circle with following inscribed around inside] * A BERLIN 12 * CARMERSTRASSE 19 [another circle inside this inscription, with following inscribed across center of whole] D. APPELT"
Blue stamp to right of artist's stamp, center verso: "[rectangle] © 198 ["1" handwritten in black ink] / No["o"is underlined] ["e.a." handwritten in black ink]"
Blue stamp inverted on lower center verso: "ARCHITEKTUR MALEREI PHOTOGRAPHIE PLASTIK / KICKEN · PAUSEBACK / BISMARCKSTRASSE 50 5000 KÖLN 1 TEL. (0221) 51 50 05"

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Still from the film "Image of life and of death"
Dieter Appelt
1981
Gelatin silver prints
2002.555
Monte Isola
Dieter Appelt
1980–1991
Gelatin silver print
2002.558
Incensario Stand
c. 600–900
Earthenware with pigment
2018.638
Incensario Stand
c. 600–900
Earthenware with pigment
2018.637
front of object
1–800 AD
Gold
2010.1012
Space
Dieter Appelt
1990
Gelatin silver print
2002.556
Platz der Steine, Plate I
Dieter Appelt
1995
Pigment print
2002.557.1
Platz der Steine, Plate III
Dieter Appelt
1995
Pigment print
2002.557.3
Photogram
Dieter Appelt
1988
Gelatin silver print, photogram
2002.548
Photogram
Dieter Appelt
1988
Gelatin silver print
2002.550
Photogram
Dieter Appelt
1988
Gelatin silver print, photogram
2002.549
Schädelmaschine
Dieter Appelt
1977–1979
Gelatin silver print
2002.553