© Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Ellen-Auerbach-Archiv./ VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; © Estate of Grete Stern courtesy Galería Jorge Mara – La Ruche, Buenos Aires; © 1930 Ringl + Pit, courtesy Robert Mann Gallery
Artist
Ringl + Pit(Berlin, active 1930s)Berlin, active 1930s
Artist
Grete Stern (Argentinean, born Germany, 1904–1999)Argentinean, born Germany, 1904–1999
Artist
Ellen Auerbach (German, 1906–2004)German, 1906–2004
CultureGerman
Titles
- Das Ei des Kolombus
Date1930
PlaceBerlin, Germany
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 5 1/2 × 4 1/8 in. (13.9 × 10.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2360
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Bought by Manfred Heiting from Christie's New York [n.d.]
Exhibition History"Exposition Internationale de la Photographie", Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1932.
"Ringl + Pitt - Grete Stern, Ellen Auerbach", Museum Folkwang, Essen, 1993.
"Defining Eye", The Saint Louis Art Museum, 1997; "La Natura della Naturamorta - da Fox Talb
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Ellen Auerbach
1932
Gelatin silver print
2002.584
Communist Workers Party of Germany
1931
Rotogravure
82.59.253
