About This Artwork

August Sander
German, 1876–1964

High School Student, 1926

Gelatin silver print, printed by the artist's son, Gunther Sander
30.4 x 21.9 cm
Marked with embossing stamp "Aug. Sander Koln Lindenthal".
Gift of Helen Harvey Mills, 1974.186

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

AIC, "Of National Interest: Photographs from the Collection," September 13, 2008–January 11, 2009. (Katherine A. Bussard and Gregory Harris)

Publication History

"Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts: VI Die Grobstadt." August Sander; Herausgegeben von Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur. München: Shirmer/Mosel. 2002. pg. 141. (Other print of this image)

August Sander "In der Photographie gibt es keine ungeklarten Schatten!" Catalogue from an exhibition with the same name held at the Kunstmuseum Bonn, 1994 - 1995. Published by Ars Nicolai. p. 167.

Heiting, Manfred. 1999. "August Sander. Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmbH Hohenzollernring 53. p. 145. (other print of this image)


Maria Makela, “‘A Clear and Simple Style’: Tradition and Typology in New Objectivity,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 28, 1 (2002), pp. 38-51, fig. 10.

Sander, Gunther. 1986. "August Sander: Citizens of the Twentieth Century: Portrait Photographs 1892-1952." The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. p. 380. (other print of this image)

Sander, Gunther. 1971. "August Sander: Men Without Masks: Faces of Germany 1910-1938." New York Graphic Society Ltd. Greenwich, Connecticut/Verlag C.J. Bucher, Lucerne and Frankfurt/M. n.p. (other print of this image)




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