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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1991.50
People
Otto Steinert, German (Saarbrücken, Germany 1915 - 1978 Essen, Germany)
Title
Points and Lines
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Punkte und Linien
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1952
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/221463

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gelatin silver print mounted to board
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 30.3 x 40.1 cm (11 15/16 x 15 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in graphite on mount recto at l.r.: Otto Steinert. // 1952.
  • inscription: verso, c., graphite: 25 [circled]
  • inscription: verso, l.c., graphite: 80105 003
  • inscription: verso, l.r., graphite: CKE847

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
The Cultural Council in the Federation of German Industry, gift; Harvard University Art Museums, 1991

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of The Cultural Council in the Federation of German Industry
Copyright
© Marlis Steinert, Thônex
Accession Year
1991
Object Number
1991.50
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Otto Steinert, Der Fotograf Otto Steinert, exh. cat., ed. Ute Eskildsen, Steidl (Göttingen, 1999), p. 105

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