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Umbo
Self-Portrait on Beach1927-1930, printed 1980

Not on view
Black and white photograph, close overhead view of a shirtless man lying down, wearing round dark sunglasses, with a plaid shirt visible behind him

Umbo, Self-Portrait on Beach, 1927-1930, printed 1980, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Umbo
Germany, 1902-1980
Title
Self-Portrait on Beach
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1927-1930, printed 1980
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 11 7/16 × 8 5/8 in. (29.1 × 21.9 cm) Primary support: 13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (35.3 × 27.8 cm) Mat: 23 3/4 × 19 7/8 in. (60.3 × 50.5 cm)
Credit Line
The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection
Accession Number
AC1992.197.127
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Sobieszek, Robert and Deborah Irmas. the camera i: Photographic Self-Portraits from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection. Los Angeles: The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1994.
  • Benson, Timothy O. Hans Richter: Encounters. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2013.
Selected Exhibition History
  • Imagining the Modern Self: Photographs from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection. September 29, 2012 - January 21, 2013
Copyright
© Umbo/Gallery Kicken Berlin/Phyllis Umbehr/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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