Handlanger (Handyman)

1928, printed c. 1950

August Sander

Associated Names
August Sander

Artist, German, 1876 - 1964

This black-and-white photograph shows a man holding a large rectangular wooden board across his shoulders. The board carries stacks of several bricks, which he balances with one hand, the other resting on his hip. He stands upright, looking right at us. The man has pale skin, a straight nose, a furrowed brow, and thin lips in a neutral position. He wears a flat cap, a long-sleeved shirt, a buttoned vest, and trousers, and he is in front of a solid black background. There is a shadow over his legs and the left side of his torso.
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Artwork overview

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

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