Research Journey of the Human Face

Original Language TitleForschungsreise im Menschenantlitz

Artist Elisabeth Hase (German, 1905 - 1991)

Date1947

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 1/16 × 6 15/16 inches (23.02 × 17.62 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2016.75.100

SignedArtist’s stamp on sheet verso, center, in blue ink with pencil: “Nr. 1387/95 / Alle Rechte vorbehalten. / Benutzung von Original oder Klischee / nur gegen Honorar und mit dem / Vermerk: / phot. Elisabeth Hase / ELISABETH HASE / TEL. 77804 / FRANKFURT / A. M. / STAUFFENSTR. 42”

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MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "95"

On View

Not on view

Collections

Photography

Terms

DescriptionDetail image of eyebrow and closed eyelid.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Rotation 26. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 29, 2019- August 25, 2019, no cat.

Gallery Label

Elisabeth Hase is a recent art-historical "discovery," whose work has only recently left family hands to begin to filter out into major collections. Born in Germany, Hase began her artistic studies in 1924 at the Art Academy in Frankfurt. She was original in her approach to the self-portrait, employing both fact and fiction to suggest a variety of potential narratives.

Provenance

Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.

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