Artist
Herbert List (German, 1903–1975)German, 1903–1975
CultureGerman
Titles
- Still Life, Spalato
- Nature Morte a Spalato
Date1936
Place depictedSpalato, Italy
Place depictedSplit, Croatia
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 3/16 × 10 15/16 in. (20.8 × 27.8 cm)
Sheet: 8 3/16 × 10 15/16 in. (20.8 × 27.8 cm)
Sheet: 8 3/16 × 10 15/16 in. (20.8 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1554
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
The still life is one of the oldest genres of art, yet it found new life with photographers working in the 1930s. Many artists, like Herbert List, embraced this older artistic category in order to experiment with new, modern ways of image making. Like traditional still lifes, List’s image presents a variety of textural objects: smooth eggs, rough rocks, grainy sand, and glassy water. Yet, these objects have not been carefully arranged on a table; instead, they are organized within the frame of the camera, presenting a new kind of photographic still life.
ProvenanceEstate of the artist, Hamburg; purchased by Manfred Heiting, July 12, 1998; given to MFAH, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom left corner in pencil "33[circled]"
center "N[underlined]"
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right: 1936 // Nature morte a Spalato
lower right in pencil "1136 / Yugoslavia IX"
top right in pencil "HL.017 / HL214.2" top center[upside down]"9-IT-SPA-00IC"
center in ink[upside down]"HERBERT LIST / COPYRIGHT / Müchen / Friederichstr 4 / Deutschland"
center "N[underlined]"
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right: 1936 // Nature morte a Spalato
lower right in pencil "1136 / Yugoslavia IX"
top right in pencil "HL.017 / HL214.2" top center[upside down]"9-IT-SPA-00IC"
center in ink[upside down]"HERBERT LIST / COPYRIGHT / Müchen / Friederichstr 4 / Deutschland"
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