Handlanger (Handyman)
1928, printed c. 1950
Artist, German, 1876 - 1964

Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 50.4 x 37.5 cm (19 13/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
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Accession
1990.120.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard Sander, New York, NY, and Cologne, Germany; gift to NGA, 1990.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1991
NGA Anniversary 1991, p. 328.
1995
Recent Acquisitions of Works of Art on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.
2016
Intersections: Photographs and Videos from the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2016 - 2017, unnumbered catalogue.
Bibliography
1929
Sander, August. Antlitz der Zeit: Sechzig Aufnahmen Deutscher Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts von August Sander. Munich: Transmare Verlag, 1929: pl.23. Reprinted 1976.
1962
August Sander: Deutschenspiegel, Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Gütersloh: Sigbert Mohn Verlag, 1962: pl.18.
1971
Men Without Masks: Faces of Germany, 1910-1938. Greenwich (Connecticut): New York Graphic Society, Ltd.: n.p.
1980
August Sander: Photographs of an Epoch, 1904-1959. Millerton, New York: Aperture, 1980: p.12.
1985
August Sander. Exh. cat. Sala Parpallo, Valencia, Spain, 1985: n.p.
1989
August Sander: Citizens of the Twentieth Century, Portraits Photographs 1892-1952. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1989: p.120.
1991
Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: p.328.
1994
August Sander: "In der Photographie gibt es keine ungeklärten Schatten!" Exh. cat. Stiftung City-Treff, Cologne, 1994: p.71.
1995
August Sander. Paris: Centre National de la Photographie, 1995: pl.18.
Markings
BS: AUG. SANDER LINDENTHAL KOLN
Wikidata ID
Q64145050