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Das Ei des Kolumbus, Stillleben
The Egg of Columbus, Still Life
© Nachlass Ellen Auerbach und Nachlass Grete Stern, Foto: Kunstpalast - LVR-ZMB - Joshua Esters

The Egg of Columbus, Still Life, 1930

ArtistRingl + Pit (Grete Stern und Ellen Auerbach), 1930–1933
ArtistGrete Stern, Elberfeld 1904–1999 Buenos Aires
ArtistEllen Auerbach, Karlsruhe 1906–2004 New York
MediumGelatin silver print
State/print versionfrom the portfolio "Fotografie Ringl + Pit, 1929-1933", published by Sander Gallery, New York, 1985
Image dimensions13,8 x 10,3 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.2019.1423
Contact
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