August Sander
Frau eines Architekten

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Artist August Sander (German, 1876–1964)German, 1876–1964

CultureGerman

Titles

Frau eines Architekten
Architect's Wife
from the series Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts
from the series People of the 20th Century

Date1926

PlaceGermany

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsSheet: 8 1/16 × 5 11/16 in. (20.5 × 14.4 cm)
Mount: 13 13/16 × 12 in. (35.1 × 30.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment, The Manfred Heiting Collection

Object number2002.3176

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Manfred Heiting Collection of Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceGunter Sander, Munich; Tom Halsted Gallery, Birmingham, MI; Jeffrey Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Jeffrey Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, 5/20/1981
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.

"August Sander: People of the 20th Century from the Manfred Heiting Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 24–August 23, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

lower left corner on image circular embossed stamp Aug. Sander Köln Lindenthal"

lower right below image in pencil "A.Sander Coln 1926"

verso upper left printed label Aug. Sander Lichtbilder Cöln-Lindenthal Dürenerstr.201"

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