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Collections

Heinz Hajek-Halke
The Sailor’s Home (Die Heimat Der Matrosen)1930s

Not on view
Black and white photograph of a crumbling plaster wall covered in scratched graffiti and initials, with a small open window where blurred figures peer out
Artist or Maker
Heinz Hajek-Halke
German, 1898-1983
Title
The Sailor’s Home (Die Heimat Der Matrosen)
Date Made
1930s
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 8 3/4 × 6 13/16 in. (22.2 × 17.3 cm) Primary support: 8 3/4 × 6 13/16 in. (22.2 × 17.3 cm) Secondary support: 11 × 10 1/8 in. (27.94 × 25.72 cm) Mat: 19 15/16 × 15 15/16 in. (50.64 × 40.48 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.1040
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Salvesen, Britt. See the Light: Photography, Perception, Cognition: the Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2013.