Blutbuche (Blood Beech)
Artist
Albert Renger-Patzsch
(German, 1897 - 1966)
Date1925
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 13/16 × 10 13/16 inches (37.64 × 27.48 cm)
Sheet: 15 11/16 × 11 3/4 inches (39.85 × 29.85 cm)
Sheet: 15 11/16 × 11 3/4 inches (39.85 × 29.85 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.15.22
SignedOn sheet verso, upper right, rectangular blue stamp: "RENGER-FOTO D.W.B. / Jede Reproduktion / Verboten."
InscribedOn sheet verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "Blutbuche"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "L23"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionDetail image of large tree with many branches and exposed roots.ProvenancePurchased from Sotheby's London, Important Avant-Garde Photographs of the 1920s and 1930s, May 2, 1997, Sale 7267, Lot 141 by Howard Stein (1926-2011) , New York, NY, 1997;
His gift to The Joy of Giving Foundation, New York, NY;
Purchased at their sale 175 Masterworks to Celebrate 175 Years of Photography, Sotheby's New York, December 11, 2014, Lot 45 by The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2014;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2015.
His gift to The Joy of Giving Foundation, New York, NY;
Purchased at their sale 175 Masterworks to Celebrate 175 Years of Photography, Sotheby's New York, December 11, 2014, Lot 45 by The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2014;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2015.
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