1991.56: Untitled (Advertising Photograph of Wallpaper by Pickhardt & Siebert, Gummersbach)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1991.56

People

Ruth Hallensleben, German (Cologne, Germany 1898 - 1977 Cologne, Germany)

Title

Untitled (Advertising Photograph of Wallpaper by Pickhardt & Siebert, Gummersbach)

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Ohne Titel (Werbefotografie für Tapeten von Pickhardt & Siebert, Gummersbach)
Former Title: Wallpaper by Pickhardt & Siebert, Gummersbach

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1955

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/221499

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 23.3 x 17.5 cm (9 3/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
sheet: 23.8 x 17.7 cm (9 3/8 x 6 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• stamp: on verso at u.r., blue ink, German: Aufnahme gesetzl. geschützt, // Sammelbezeichnung // nicht gestattet // Jedesmalige Reproduktion // nur mit Genehmigung und // Autorenangabe: // Ruth Hallensleben Köln
• stamp: on verso at u.r., blue ink, German: Ruth Hallensleben GDL // Lichtbildwerkstätte // Wiehl (Bez. Köln)
• inscription: on verso at l.r., graphite, handwritten: RK
• inscription: on verso at l.r., graphite, handwritten: P8306107

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

© Photo archive Ruhr Museum Essen

Accession Year

1991

Object Number

1991.56

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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