About This Artwork

Umbo (Otto Umbehr)
German, 1902–1980

Untitled, 1928

Gelatin silver print
27.7 x 22.5 cm
Signed in ink on print, l.r.; Marked on mount on verso: INV No. 5
Julien Levy Collection, Gift of Jean and Julien Levy, 1978.1099

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art "FOTO: Modernity in Central Europe," June 10–September 3, 2007; traveled to the Guggenheim Museum, October 5, 2007–January 2, 2008; Milwaukee Art Museum, February 2–April 27, 2008; Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, June 7–August 31, 2008.

Publication History

Holeczek, Bernhard. 1979. “UMBO, Photographien 1925-1933.” Spectrum Photogalerie im Kunstmuseum Hannover mit Sammlung Sprengel in Zusammenarbeit mit Galerie Schürmann & Kicken, Köln. Exh. cat. Hanover: Die Galerie. p. 105, pl. 59.

Rexer, Lyle. 2007. "Modernist Photography in Central Europe." Aperture 189 (Winter). p.40.

Witkovsky, Matthew S. 2007. "Foto: Modernity in Central Europe, 1918-1945." Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington. pl. 82. cover page, xxii.




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