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Rows of panes in a tall window reflecting trees and sky

We see a black and white close up image of a window frame with two vertical rows of four panes of glass that each reflect a scene of bright sky and the bare branches of trees in the distance. In each pane the view of the reflected scene is from a slightly different angle and is warped slightly by the curved glass. At left, in the third pane down from the top, we see the side of the face of a woman who looks out from the window, holding her hand up to the side of her head with the palm facing out.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1992.50
People
Toni Schneiders, German (1920 - 2006)
Title
Reflecting Panes
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Spiegelnde Scheiben
Former Title: Reflecting Discs
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1952
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/221518

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 30.2 x 18.9 cm (11 7/8 x 7 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on verso in graphite at l.r.: Toni Schneiders
  • inscription: on verso at u.r., graphite, handwritten: 5/32
  • stamp: on verso at u.r., red ink: FOTO UND COPYRIGHT // TONI SCHNEIDERS // 899 LINDAU/BODENSEE // BADSTRASSE 3 * TEL. 08382/6801
  • inscription: on verso at c., graphite, handwritten: SPIEGELNDE SCHEIBEN
  • inscription: on verso at l.r, graphite, handwritten: 16. Dez. 1952

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of The Cultural Council in the Federation of German Industry
Copyright
© Toni Schneiders
Accession Year
1992
Object Number
1992.50
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1110 Mid-Century Abstraction II (Post-Painterly Abstraction), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/12/2017 - 04/12/2018

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