Harvard Art Museums > 1992.27: Body Assembly (Volkswagen Factory) Photographs Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Body Assembly (Volkswagen Factory) (Peter Keetman) , 1992.27,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 01, 2023, https://hvrd.art/o/221097. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1992.27 People Peter Keetman, German (Wuppertal-Elberfeld, Germany 1916 - 2005 Marquartstein, Germany) Title Body Assembly (Volkswagen Factory) Other Titles Original Language Title: Karosserierohbau (Volkswagenwerk) Title: Lowering of the car body from the assembly stand onto the transverse assembly line for welding and soldering in the west part of hall 2, from the series "one week at the Volkswagen Factory," Wolfsburg 1953 Original Language Title: Absetzen der Karosserien aus den Aufbauböcken auf das Querband für Schweiß- und Lötarbeiten im Rohbau im Westen der Halle 2, aus der Serie "eine Woche im Volkswagenwerk", Wolfsburg 1953 Classification Photographs Work Type photograph Date 1953 Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/221097 Physical Descriptions Medium Gelatin Silver Print Technique Gelatin silver print Dimensions image: 23.5 x 17.2 cm (9 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.) sheet: 24.3 x 17.5 cm (9 9/16 x 6 7/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: on verso in graphite at u.r.: Peter Keetman stamp: on verso at u.r., black ink, German: FOTO UND COPYRIGHT / PETER KEETMAN / (13b) BREITBRUNN / AM CHIEMSEE. TEL. 305 inscription: on verso at u.r., graphite, handwritten: 1297 inscription: on verso at u.r., graphite, handwritten, in artist's hand: 1953 inscription: on verso at u.r., graphite, handwritten, German, in artist's hand: VW Werk Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Purchase through the generosity of the Cultural Council in the Federation of German Industry Copyright © Estate of Peter Keetman Accession Year 1992 Object Number 1992.27 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description vintage print Publication History Lynette Roth, Inventur—Art in Germany, 1943–55, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2018), pp. 355-356, fig. 1, ill. (b/w) Exhibition History A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions from the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Central and Northern Art and Design from 1880 to the Present, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 04/19/2000 - 07/09/2000 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
