Erwin Piscator entering the Nollendorftheater, Berlin

1929

Sasha Stone

Associated Names
Sasha Stone

Artist, American, born Russia, 1895 - 1940

This is a photograph of a street scene with an overlay of a large figure. The image displays a city street view combined with the semi-transparent image of a well-dressed individual. In the background, there is a building under construction surrounded by scaffolding, along with advertisements and signs in German. The superimposed figure is a play on scale and transparency, suggesting a surreal quality to the photograph. The artist used a double exposure technique to blend these elements, creating a unique visual narrative.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Hendrik A. Berinson and Adam J. Boxer, Ubu Gallery, New York; gift to NGA, 2007.

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Exhibition History

2007

  • Foto: Modernity in Central Europe, 1918-1945, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee; Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 2007 - 2008, no. 81.

Inscriptions

On verso, across top: Eröffnung der neven / Piscator-Bühne / Piscator geht ins Nollendorf Theater; upper right in graphite: 8531-95(?); center Atelier Stone copyright stamp in purple ink with graphite addition: 4009a; stamped in black ink lower left with graphite addition: VF / 3534 / Nov 1929; vertical across lower right in graphite: Piscator; vertical across center right in crayon: B; stamped in red lower right: REC'D JUL 29 1929

Wikidata ID

Q64169866

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