Untitled

Photography and Media

1928/29

Albert Renger-Patzsch
German, 1897–1966

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Albert Renger-Patzsch
Title: Untitled
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.: 1928–1929
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions: Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, upper left, in graphite: "1" [encircled]; stamped verso, upper right, in blue ink: "RENGER-FOTO D. W. B. / JEDE REPRODUKTION / VERBOTEN"; inscribed verso, upper center, in graphite: "Selbstportrait / im Auto Scheinwerfer"; verso, center, in graphite: "Renger-Patzsch im Spiegel unsres Auto- / scheinwefers / 1929/30"; verso, lower left, in graphite: "A A [?] / 3 [upside-down] / 21. RE 9-LORE [?]"; verso, lower right, in graphite: "P8804054 387"
Dimensions: Image/paper: 16.8 × 22.4 cm (6 5/8 × 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: The Mary and Leigh Block Endowment Fund
Reference Number: 1989.102

Matthew S. Witkovsky et al., “The Art Institute of Chicago Field Guide to Photography and Media,” eds. Antawan I. Byrd, Elizabeth Siegel, and Carl Fuldner, pl. 252, p. 265 (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2023).

Philadelphia Museum of Art, “Joy Before the Object: The Photographs of Albert Renger-Patzsch,” July 24-September 26, 1993.
Art Institute of Chicago, “Photography on Display: Modern Treasures,” May 9–September 13, 2009.

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