Artist
August Sander (German, 1876–1964)German, 1876–1964
CultureGerman
Titles
- Maler
- Painter
- from the series Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts
- from the series People of the 20th Century
Date1924
Place depictedCologne (Köln), Germany
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 3/16 × 5 9/16 in. (20.8 × 14.1 cm)
Mount: 13 3/4 × 10 9/16 in. (35 × 26.8 cm)
Mount: 13 3/4 × 10 9/16 in. (35 × 26.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2093
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Bought by Manfred Heiting from Galerie Rudolf Kicken GmbH on 5/2/1986.
Exhibition History"German Photography 1879-1970 - Power of a Medium", Kunst- und Austellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, 1997; Susanne Lange & Manfred Heiting: "August Sander", Benedikt Taschen Verlag, Cologne, 1999, page 126.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Lower Brown Corridor, "August Sander: People of the 20th Century from the Manfred Heiting Collection", May 24-August 23, 2004
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
lower right below image in pencil "Sander 1924"
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