Artist
Marta HoepffnerGerman, 1912–2000
CultureGerman
Titles
- Feuervogel
- Firebird
Date1940
MediumGelatin silver print, photogram
DimensionsImage: 10 1/16 × 7 3/8 in. (25.6 × 18.7 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/16 × 7 3/8 in. (25.6 × 18.7 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/16 × 7 3/8 in. (25.6 × 18.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joan Morgenstern
Object number2011.990
Not on view
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Exhibition History“Shadows on the Wall: Cameraless Photography from 1851 to Today,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 31–November 30, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil verso upper left: MH0005
inscribed in pencil verso lower left: P
Inscribed in pencil on verso lower right: "Feuervogel" / Fotogramm / 1940
Inscribed in pencil on verso lower center: 1005
inscribed in pencil verso lower left: P
Inscribed in pencil on verso lower right: "Feuervogel" / Fotogramm / 1940
Inscribed in pencil on verso lower center: 1005
Signed in white ink, lower left in the image: Marta Hoepffner 40 "
Stamped on verso center: Marta Hoefpffner / FRANKFURT / M (crossed out), Marta Hoepffner / HO ... (smeared) IAUNUS, FOTO. / Marta Hoepffner / HOFHEIM / TAUNUS / Kopeilenstr.4 ...(last two lines crossed out)
Printed label on verso lower left: © Marta Hoepffner / Eichendorffweg 56/58 / 7993 Kressbroun/Bodensee Germany / Tel:0754 / 86 / 70
Also see photocopy of verso sheet in Accession file.
Printed label on verso lower left: © Marta Hoepffner / Eichendorffweg 56/58 / 7993 Kressbroun/Bodensee Germany / Tel:0754 / 86 / 70
Also see photocopy of verso sheet in Accession file.
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