Die Ringlpitis

1931

ringl + pit

Artist, German, active 1930 - 1933

Grete Stern

Artist, Argentinean, born Germany, 1904 - 1999

Ellen Auerbach

Artist, American, born Germany, 1906 - 2004

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume of 6 photographs, 12 collages, 8 watercolors, 6 texts, and 1 drawing

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    open: 20.32 × 38.1 cm (8 × 15 in.)
    closed: 20.32 × 20.32 cm (8 × 8 in.)

  • Accession

    2017.141.1

  • Copyright

    ARTIST RIGHTS MUST BE CLEARED FOR THIS WORK OF ART. © ringl + pit, courtesy Robert Mann Gallery, New York

More About this Artwork

Article:  Queer Artists Grete Stern and Ellen Auerbach: ringl + pit

How the duo’s book documents their artistic collaboration and romantic relationship through beautiful, witty, and sometimes irreverent mixed media art.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of Horacio Coppola/Grete Stern, Buenos Aires; (Galeria Jorge Mara-La Ruche, Buenos Aires); (Kicken Gallery, Berlin); NGA purchase, 2017.

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Exhibition History

1993

  • Ringl+pit: Grete Stern und Ellen Auerbach: Fotografisches Kabinett, Museum Folkwang, Essen, October 10-November 28, 1993

2015

  • From Bauhaus to Buenos Aires: Grete Stern and Horacio Coppola: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. May 17-October 4, 2015

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