The Siebengebirge as seen from Rheinbreitbach, 1936

Not on View

Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to image): 17.2 x 23.5 cm (6 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Kent and Marcia Minichiello

Accession Number

1998.130.2

Artists / Makers

August Sander (artist) German, 1876 - 1964

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Inscription

on paper adhered to top, across top, typed: Die Sieben Berge v. Rheinbreitbach aus gesehen. Foto Aug. Sander, Köln; upper left verso in graphite: [die S?] Berge, Rheinbreitbach; all by later hands: upper left verso in graphite: VII.3; lower left verso in graphite: SG/2271/0; lower right verso in graphite: 18; lower right verso in graphite: [G?] / 7/78

Provenance

The Estate of August Sander, Cologne; by inheritance to Gunther, then Gerhard Sander, Cologne, by 1993; purchased by Kent and Marcia Minichiello, Washington, DC, by 1993; gift to NGA, 1993.

Associated Names

Minichiello, Kent, Dr. and Mrs.

Bibliography

1979: August Sander: Stadt und Land. Exh. cat. Sander Gallery. Washington, D.C., 1979: n.p.

1981: August Sander: Rheinlandschaften, Photographien 1929-1946. Munich, 1981: pl. 4.

1994: August Sander: In der Photographie gibt es keine ungeklärten Schatten!. Exh. cat. Stiftung City-Treff, Cologne: p. 199.