Spruce forest in late fall
Original Language TitleSpätherbst im Fichtenwald
Artist
Albert Renger-Patzsch
(German, 1897 - 1966)
Dateca. 1935; printed 1945-1955
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 15 1/16 × 11 3/16 inches (38.26 × 28.42 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.61.28
SignedArtist’s stamp on sheet verso, top, in blue ink: “A. RENGER-PATZSCH / WAMEL-DORF UBER SOEST I.W.”
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: “HM589-4”
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of forest filled with tall barren trees surrounded by tree stumps and tiny branches.ProvenancePurchased from Photographs, Part 1 No. 7864, Christie's New York, NY, April 20, 1994, lot 65 by Howard Stein (1926-2011) , New York, NY, 1994;
His gift to The Joy of Giving Foundation, New York, NY;
Purchased at their sale The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something, Phillips, New York, NY, April 3, 2017, lot 5 by The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
His gift to The Joy of Giving Foundation, New York, NY;
Purchased at their sale The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something, Phillips, New York, NY, April 3, 2017, lot 5 by The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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