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Untitled (Woman in Yellow Hat)

A work made of gelatin silver print.

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print.

Date:

c. 1910

Artist:

Artist unknown
German, active early 20th century

About this artwork

As early as the 1860s, consumers of photographs manipulated commercial portraits, cutting and pasting them into albums filled with watercolor scenes or embellishing them with painted or collaged elements. In this postcard from a commercial studio, an unknown maker added human hair, a woven hat, and a hand-painted wrap to a portrait of a woman, creating a whimsical and more personal presentation.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Unknown

Title

Untitled (Woman in Yellow Hat)

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1905–1915

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Printed recto, in negative [?], lower right, in white: "PFB [in diamond shape] / 4811/2"; verso unchecked

Dimensions

Image: 11 × 7.2 cm (4 3/8 × 2 7/8 in.); Paper: 13.4 × 8.5 cm (5 5/16 × 3 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Michael Glicker Fund

Reference Number

1998.576

Extended information about this artwork

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