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Otto Hagel
Self-Portrait, New York1931

Not on view
Black and white photograph of a man silhouetted against a city skyline, balancing on a narrow beam high above rooftops, gripping a horizontal rail with both arms outstretched

Otto Hagel, Self-Portrait, New York, 1931, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Otto Hagel
Germany, active United States, 1909-1973
Title
Self-Portrait, New York
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1931
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 13 3/16 × 9 3/4 in. (33.5 × 24.77 cm) Primary support: 13 3/16 × 9 3/4 in. (33.5 × 24.77 cm) Mat: 21 7/8 × 17 7/8 in. (55.56 × 45.4 cm)
Credit Line
The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection
Accession Number
AC1992.197.65
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.
Copyright
© 1998 Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona Foundation