Mystery of the Street

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Umbo (Otto Umbehr)

Title

Mystery of the Street

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1928

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Signed recto, on image, lower right, in white ink: "Umbo"; inscribed recto, on mount, lower center, in graphite: "2" [encircled]; recto, on mount, lower left, in graphite: "UMBO"; recto, on mount, lower right, in graphite: "$20-"; inscribed verso, on mount, upper right, upside-down, in graphite: "J"; stamped verso, on mount, upper left, in black ink: "JULIEN LEVY GALLERY / 602 MADISON AVENUE / NEW YORK CITY"; inscribed verso, on mount, upper left, in graphite: "INV #15" [in rectangle]; verso, on mount, lower left, in graphite: "PARRY" [crossed out]; verso, on mount, lower right, in graphite: "$15-" [crossed out]

Dimensions

Image/paper: 27.6 × 20.1 cm (10 7/8 × 7 15/16 in.); Mount: 45.7 × 35.4 cm (18 × 13 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Julien Levy Collection, Special Photography Acquisition Fund

Reference Number

1979.114

Copyright

© 2018 Phyllis Umbehr/Galerie Kicken Berlin/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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