Unknown European
Portrait of Hermann Goering

CultureGerman
Titles
  • Portrait of Hermann Goering
Date1933
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/sheet: 6 3/4 × 9 5/8 in. (17.1 × 24.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Anne Wilkes Tucker in honor of D. J. Stout
Object number2007.720
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Charles Schwartz Ltd., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2007.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil recto left edge: " ? L 38. Goering PN)(Jm? P.U)

Marked in pencil on verso lower right: "CS9750"

Marked in blue pencil on verso center, crop marks and printing instructions: "2 cols x 3 1/2 / p ... "
Printed label on verso mat/mount: "CHARLES SCHWARTZ LTD / 21 East 90th Street / New York, NY 10128 / (212) 534-4496 • cms@cs-photo.com / Anonymous / Rare, pre-World War II propaganda photograph of a young Hermann Goering at the controls of the German war plane, Nov. 4, 1933 / Vintage Gelatin ... / (see marks below) / Handpainted photograph with a collage feel, foreshadowing the continued rise of Hitler and the destruction of the second World War. / C.S.9750 / $650"

Newspaper caption that accompanied this image is glued on verso center: "CAPTAIN GOERING, Hitler's Air Minister, at the controls of the plane / he is flying round on an election propaganda tour."

Stamped on verso center in faded black ink: "- 4 NOV 1933"

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