2008.29: [Detail of a Benzene Wash, Scholven Coal Mine near Buer]

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2008.29

People

Albert Renger-Patzsch, German (Würzburg 1897 - 1966 Wamel bei Soest)

Title

[Detail of a Benzene Wash, Scholven Coal Mine near Buer]

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1934-1935?

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/324662

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

23 x 17.1 cm (9 1/16 x 6 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• stamp: on verso, t.c., in purple ink: RENGER-FOTO D.W.B. // ESSEN, GOETHESTR. 41
• inscription: on verso, t.c., in graphite in unknown hand: Detail einer Benzolwäsche // zeche Scholven bei Buer
• stamp and inscription: on verso, t.c., in purple ink and graphite: [stamped:] No. [inscribed:] 32015
• inscription: on verso, t.c., in brown ink: F. [?]
• stamp: on verso, t.c., in purple ink: oben [in a double triangle]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Albert Renger-Patzsch, Essen, created, 1934-35?
Christie's, New York, sold, April 24, 2007, no. 308
Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York, purchased at Christie's, New York, April 24, 2007, sold to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2008.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Richard and Priscilla Hunt

Copyright

© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany

Accession Year

2008

Object Number

2008.29

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

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