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Werner Rohde
Dressmaker's Dummy1928

Not on view
Black and white photograph of a dark dressmaker's mannequin torso on a tripod stand, dramatically lit from the left, casting a large shadow on a pale wall
Artist or Maker
Werner Rohde
Title
Dressmaker's Dummy
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1928
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 6 5/8 × 4 7/8 in. (16.83 × 12.38 cm) Mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.64 cm) Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.64 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.1685
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.
Copyright
© Werner Rohde Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn