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August Sander
Farmer's Wifecirca 1912

Not on view
Black and white portrait photograph of an elderly woman in a dark headscarf and fringed shawl, seated outdoors with hands clasped, bare winter trees behind her
Artist or Maker
August Sander
Title
Farmer's Wife
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1912
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 11 3/4 × 9 1/2 in. (29.9 × 24.13 cm) Primary support: 11 3/4 × 9 1/2 in. (29.9 × 24.13 cm) Mat: 19 15/16 × 16 in. (50.64 × 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.2008.40.1774
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
©Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur – August Sander Archiv, Cologne, and Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/Galerie Julian Sander, Cologne, and Hauser & Wirth, New York and Zurich

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