The Boxers: Hein Hesse & Paul Roderstein, Cologne
Alternate TitleThe Boxers Hein Hesse & Paul Roderstein, Koln
Artist
August Sander
(German, 1876 - 1964)
Printer
Gunther Sander
(German, 1907 - 1987)
Date1928; printed 1971
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 11 7/8 × 8 7/8 inches (30.16 × 22.54 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.2938
SignedSigned (by artist's son) on sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "Gunther Sander"
InscribedOn sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "Reprint 1971"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "I7", "8 [circled]";
On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "S6 / 5038 / 0", "50-1-81", " P5.050.001.81"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionPortrait of two men (Hein Hesse & Paul Roderstein) in boxing dress. The man on the left of the frame is in shorts and a tank top with his hands wrapped in tape. The man on the right of the frame is wearing only shorts and boxing gloves.Exhibition HistoryMasters of 20th-Century Photography from the Hallmark Collection. Waterloo Municipal Galleries, Waterloo, IA, May 2 -June 13, 1982, no cat.
New Acquisitions to the Hallmark Photographic Collection 1980-1983. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, April 1 - May 1, 1983.
Faces: an Exhibition from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 16 -October 21, 1984, no cat.
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1981;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
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