Dieter Appelt
Image of Life and Death

Image of Life and Death

© Dieter Appelt / Courtesy Kicken Berlin

Image of Life and Death
Image of Life and Death
ArtistGerman, born 1935
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Image of Life and Death
  • Image de la vie et de la mort
  • from 17 min. 16 mm Black & White Film with Sound
Date1980–1991
PlaceGermany
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 3/4 × 10 3/8 in. (17.1 × 26.4 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/8 × 11 3/4 in. (23.9 × 29.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.559
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceArtist
Exhibition History"Self, Model, and Self as Other," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,13 July – 29 September, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in black ink lower verso: "Film [underlined]: 16 m/m, 17 min, S/W, sound. / . Image de la vie et de la mort' "
Signed in black ink right of center below artist's stamp, verso: "[illegible]"
Blue artist's stamp right of center, verso, rotated 90 deg. CW: "[double outlined circle with following inscribed around inside] * A BERLIN 12 * CARMERSTRASSE 19 [another circle inside this inscription, with following inscribed across center of whole] D. APPELT"
Blue stamp to right of artist's stamp, center verso: "[rectangle] © 198 ["1" handwritten in black ink] / No["o"is underlined] ["e.a." handwritten in black ink]"
Blue stamp inverted on lower center verso: "ARCHITEKTUR MALEREI PHOTOGRAPHIE PLASTIK / KICKEN · PAUSEBACK / BISMARCKSTRASSE 50 5000 KÖLN 1 TEL. (0221) 51 50 05"

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