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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2015.51
People
Albert Renger-Patzsch, German (Würzburg 1897 - 1966 Wamel bei Soest)
Title
Machine
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Getriebe der Nitschelstrecke
Alternate Title: o. T. (Getriebe der Nitschelstrecke)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1950s
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/353184

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
frame: 41.9 x 51.8 x 2.5 cm (16 1/2 x 20 3/8 x 1 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: stamped on verso in black ink: RENGER-PATZSCH
  • label: u.l. of frame backing board: Markus Michalke // Albert Renger-Patzsch // o.T. (Getriebe de Nitschelstrecke) // 50er // Vintage Print, Gelatine Silber Abzug // ca. 16,9 x 22,9 (unter PP) // ARP01-001
  • inscription: on verso at u.l., in graphite, handwritten: 58
  • stamp: on verso at u. l., black ink: RENGER-PATZSCH
  • stamp: on verso at u. r., black ink: WAMEL-DORF ÜBER SOEST I.W.
  • stamp: on verso at l.c., green ink: Allgemein frei!
  • stamp: on verso at l.c., green ink: INGOLSTADT
  • inscription: on verso at l.c., graphite, handwritten: 1450
  • inscription: on verso at l.r., graphite, handwritten: P9105023

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Ingvild Goetz, Sammlung Goetz, Munich]; Markus Michalke, gift; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2015.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Markus Michalke in honor of Thomas W. Lentz and in acknowledgement of his epochal merits for the Harvard Art Museums
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany
Accession Year
2015
Object Number
2015.51
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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