Edmund Kesting
Dresden After Bombing

ArtistGerman, 1892–1970
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Dresden After Bombing
Datec. 1945
PlaceDresden, Germany
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 15 3/16 x 11 1/4 in. (38.6 x 28.6 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/16 × 11 1/4 in. (38.6 × 28.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1429
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenancePurchased by Manfred Heiting from Zabriskie Gallery, 3/2/1995
ex-collection Prakapas Gallery, New York
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil upper left corner of sheet verso: "PRAKAPAS" [word is underlined].
Inscribed in pencil upper right corner verso of sheet: "6".
Inscribed in pencil lower left corner verso of sheet: "P 41453".

Unsigned.
Artist's stamp in black ink, verso of sheet center: "Prof. Edmund Kesting".

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