Pétrole Hahn Haarpflegemittel, Werbefoto

Pétrole Hahn Hair Care Product, Advertising Photo, 1931

ArtistRingl + Pit (Grete Stern und Ellen Auerbach)

ArtistGrete Stern, Elberfeld 1904–1999 Buenos Aires

ArtistEllen Auerbach, Karlsruhe 1906–2004 New York

Gelatin silver print

State/print versionfrom the portfolio "Fotografie Ringl + Pit, 1929-1933", published by Sander Gallery, New York, 1985

Image dimensions23,7 x 27,8 cm

Status

not on display

About the workPrecise advertising photography meets rebellious visual imagery in the work of Grete Stern (Ringl) and Ellen Auerbach (Pit). They studied under Walter Peterhans at the pioneering Bauhaus art school in Dessau. Characterised by a sober style, their arrangements of objects are distinguished by their experimentation with illusions. As representatives of the new, self-determined image of women in the 1920s, Ringl and Pit interrogated the appearance and reality of femininity. In 1933, these Jewish photographers were forced to flee Germany to escape persecution by the National Socialist regime.

AccessionAcquisition 2019

Provenance[...]; 2019 acquired by Kicken Berlin

Inventory numberF.2019.1422

Contact

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