Artist
August Sander (German, 1876–1964)German, 1876–1964
CultureGerman
Titles
- Werftarbeiter
- Shipyard Workers
- from the series Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts
- from the series People of the 20th Century
Date1929
PlaceGermany
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 9 3/8 × 7 1/16 in. (23.8 × 18 cm)
Mount: 14 15/16 × 11 1/16 in. (38 × 28.1 cm)
Mount: 14 15/16 × 11 1/16 in. (38 × 28.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.3175
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Bought by Manfred Heiting from Sander Gallery, 10/24/1991.
Exhibition History"August Sander: People of the Twentieth Century," Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne, Germany, September 21–November 18, 2001; Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland, January 19–March 24, 2002; Rupertinum Salzburg, Austria, May 26–July 21, 2002; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, November 29, 2002–February 23, 2003.
"People of the Twentieth Century: August Sander's Photographic Portrait of Germany," Metropolitian Museum of Art, New York, May 24–September 19, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
recto lower left corner of mount in pencil "Hamburger Schouerleute"
lower right below image in pencil Aug.Sander"
verso top center"TH 8|6|75",bottom center "16[circled] ASA3|101",lower left in pencil"900-","79","ASA 91.13","3-L9",lower left corner on image a circular embossed stamp "Aug.Sander Köln Lindenthal"
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