Circus Performers (Artisten)

Photography

1929

Umbo (Otto Umbehr)
German, 1902–1980

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Artist: Umbo (Otto Umbehr)
Title: Circus Performers (Artisten)
Origin: Germany
Date: Made 1929
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions: Signed recto, lower right, in black ink: "Umbo"; verso unchecked
Dimensions: 27.4 × 22.4 cm (image/paper); 44.8 × 34.5 cm (mount)
Credit Line: Julien Levy Collection, Gift of Jean and Julien Levy
Reference Number: 1978.1099
Copyright: © 2018 Phyllis Umbehr/Galerie Kicken Berlin/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Rexer, Lyle. 2007. “Modernist Photography in Central Europe.” Aperture 189 (Winter). p.40.
Witkovsky, Matthew S. 2007. “Foto: Modernity in Central Europe, 1918-1945.” Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington. p. XXII and p. 104, cat. 82.

Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art “FOTO: Modernity in Central Europe,” June 10–September 3, 2007; traveled to the Guggenheim Museum, October 5, 2007–January 2, 2008; Milwaukee Art Museum, February 2–April 27, 2008; Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, June 7–August 31, 2008.

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