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Zwei Gefangene

Primary TitleTwo Prisoners
Artist Elisabeth Hase (German, 1905 - 1991)
Date1950
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 × 6 5/16 inches (22.86 × 16.03 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/16 × 6 9/16 inches (23.34 × 16.67 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.102
SignedArtist’s stamp on sheet verso, center, in blue ink with pencil: “Leihweise / Nr. 1298/13 / Alle Rechte vorbehalten. / Erfüllungsort Frankfurt a.M. / [illeg. faded] von Original oder Klischee / nui gegen Honarar und mit dem / Vermerk: / phot. Elisabeth Hase / ELISABETH HASE / TEL. 77804 / FRANKFURT / A. / M. / STAUFENSTR. 42”; Artist’s estate stamp on sheet verso, lower right, in black ink: “Nachlass Estate / Elisabeth Hase / Nani Simonis / München”
InscribedInscribed on sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: “Zwei Gefangene!”
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: “RMG 28206”; On sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: “1298/13”; On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: “16 x 20 [partially erased]”.
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DescriptionParapalegic man on wheeled scooter looking over his shoulder, away from the viewer, at tiger behind him in cage. The tiger and the man are sepatated by a chainlink fence.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Copyright© The Estate of Elisabeth Hase, courtesy the Robert Mann Gallery
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