Pit
Artist
ringl + pit
(German, active 1929 - 1933)
Date1930; printed later
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/16 × 6 inches (23.01 × 15.24 cm)
Sheet: 10 9/16 × 7 11/16 inches (26.82 × 19.53 cm)
Sheet: 10 9/16 × 7 11/16 inches (26.82 × 19.53 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Seth and Erin Neubardt
Object number2018.62.52
SignedArtist's stamp on sheet verso, center, in black ink: "COPYRIGHT / RINGL + PIT";
On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "printed E. Auerbach"
InscribedOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: "#86 / Photo: g.s.";
On sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: " "Pit" / 1930".
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "048-RP024";
On sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: "RMG17571 3907"
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DescriptionImage of woman with short hair and bangs; her expression is neutral. She wears a corduroy jacket with a delicate collar and a small button at the top.Gallery LabelGrete Stern and Ellen Auerbach created portraits of one another after establishing their studio, ringl + pit—formed from their respective nicknames, “Ringl” (Stern) and “Pit” (Auerbach). Working during the 1930s, a time of increased independence for women in Europe, their Berlin-based photography studio created some of the era’s most innovative and experimental advertising and portraiture. Their groundbreaking partnership was cut short with the rise of Nazism. Recognizing the danger of being queer, Jewish, and avant-garde artists in Hitler’s Germany, they fled their homeland in 1933.
Purchased from Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY by Dr. Seth and Erin Neubardt, Rye, NY;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.
Copyright© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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