Angler im Möhnedschungel, Westfalen (Angler in Möhne jungle, Westphalia)

c. 1940s

Albert Renger-Patzsch

Associated Names
Albert Renger-Patzsch

Artist, German, 1897 - 1966

The image shows a woodland scene with a calm body of water in the center. Trees border the water, leading the eye towards the background where denser clusters of trees are visible. In the distance, a person wearing a hat stands by the water, surrounded by vegetation. The photo is in black and white, emphasizing the interplay of light and shadows on the foliage and water.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joshua P. Smith, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Ledel Gallery, New York), 1984; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite: L486; top center stamped in blue ink: 11 08/05; top center stamped in purple ink: 11; top right: RENGER-PATZSCH; upper center in graphite: [hugler?] / [Seöle?] [cut off]; upper center in black ink: Mn; upper right typed in black ink on red paper: Abdruck [underlined: nur] mit genauer Angabe des Namens: / Foto [along dotted line: Renger-Patzsch-Bavaria] / [line] / Titel Angler im Möhnedschungel / (Westfalen) / Bildnummer L486 / [underlined: Alle Honorare und je 2 Belege nur an:] / [underlined: Bavaria~Verlag, Gauting vor München] / Postscheck~Konto: München Nr. 18766 / Alle Reproduktionsrechte vorbehalten; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: 700.137; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in red pencil: 1984.23.3

Wikidata ID

Q64032494

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