Peter Lorre

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Artist Anton Bruehl (American, born Australia, 1900–1982)American, born Australia, 1900–1982

CultureAmerican

Titles

Peter Lorre

Date1930s-1940s

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 7 3/4 in. (24.2 × 19.7 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.3 × 20.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Anton and Karen Bruehl

Object number2009.60

Current Location

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

Gallery 208

Exposé

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionA student of Clarence H. White, Anton Bruehl opened a commercial photography studio in New York in the 1920s. Bruehl distinguished himself as a photographer through stylish advertising still lifes and celebrity portraits such as this one of the actor Peter Lorre. With his distinctive appearance and voice, Lorre was among the most recognizable film stars of the 1930s and 1940s. Originally from Hungary, Lorre established his acting career in Berlin but left with the rise of the Nazis. He starred in Alfred Hitcock’s "The Man Who Knew Too Much" and later became a featured player for Warner Bros.
ProvenanceThe artist; Anton Bruehl, Jr. and Karen Bruehl; given to MFAH, 2009.
Exhibition HistoryAnton Bruehl Photographs (exhibition title unknown), Witkiin Gallery, New York, N.Y., May ? - June 24, 1978
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Marked in a white ink on recto upper right margin: 1965-11

Inscribed in blue ink on verso lower right: Anton Bruehl

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