Harvard Art Museums > 2022.13: Black on White (Design for Wallpaper 'Ink Blot') Photographs Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Black on White (Design for Wallpaper 'Ink Blot') (Elsa Thiemann) , 2022.13,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 20, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/375081. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2022.13 People Elsa Thiemann, German (Torun, West Prussia (now Poland) 1910 - 1981 Hamburg, Germany) Title Black on White (Design for Wallpaper 'Ink Blot') Other Titles Title: Weiss auf Schwarz (Tapetenentwurf 'Tintenfecke') Classification Photographs Work Type photograph Date 1930-1931 Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/375081 Physical Descriptions Medium Gelatin silver print (photogram) Technique Photogram Dimensions 23.1 × 17.2 cm (9 1/8 × 6 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: on verso, in graphite: Nr. 39. Weiss auf Schwarz estate stamp: on verso: NACHLASS ELSA THIEMANN/1910-1981 stamp: on verso: Honorar und Belege an/ELSA THIEMANN/BILDREPORTERIN/Bln.-Neukölln, Hertzbergstr. 7/8/Tel. 625311 - Psch-K. Bln.-West 33619 label: Removed from mat board: Photography, Works on paper Kicken Berlin / Elsa Thiemann / 1910 Thorn-Mocker/Western Prussia (Today Torun, Poland)- / 1981, Hamburg / Weis auf Schwarz (Tapetenentwurf 'Tintenflecke') / White on Black (Design for Wallpaper 'Tintenflecke'), 1930-1931 / gelating silver print, printed ca. 1930-1931 / v noted, photographer's copyright stamp, estate stamp / 23,1 x 17,2 cm / Kaiserdamm 118 D-14057 Berlin T+49 30 28877882 Provenance Recorded Ownership History The artist's estate, sold; through [Galerie Bassenge, Berlin, Lot #4355, June 10, 2020]; to [Kicken Berlin], sold; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2022. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Antonia Paepcke Dubrul Fund Accession Year 2022 Object Number 2022.13 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Exhibition History White Shadows: Anneliese Hager and the Camera-less Photograph, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/04/2022 - 07/31/2022 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
