The Siebengebirge as seen from Westerwald

before 1934

August Sander

Associated Names
August Sander

Artist, German, 1876 - 1964

The image shows a landscape with rolling hills, trees, wild grass, and fields. The horizon line is in the middle with dramatic cloud cover above. The color palette is monochromatic, emphasizing contrast and texture.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kent and Marcia Minichiello

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 17.2 x 23.4 cm (6 3/4 x 9 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.141.1

Artwork history & notes

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, 1996.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1934

  • Deutsches Land/Deutsches Volk: Das Siebengebirge. Bad Rothenfelde, 1934: pl.13.

1980

  • August Sander: Photographs of an Epoch 1904-1959. Millerton, 1980: p.82.

1994

  • August Sander: "In der Photographie gibt es keine ungeklärten Schatten!" Exh. cat. Stiftung City-Treff, Cologne, 1994: p. 197.

Inscriptions

on paper adhered to top, across top, typed: Das Siebengebirge vom Westerwald gesehen / Foto August Sander Kuchhausen/Sieg; center verso in graphite: Das Siebengebirge vom Westerwald gesehen; all by later hands: center verso in graphite: 23.; lower left verso in graphite: SG/2126/O; lower right verso in graphite: A / 10/78 (circled); center verso: artist estate stamp

Wikidata ID

Q64145053

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