Points and Lines | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1991.50
People: Otto Steinert, German (Saarbrücken, Germany 1915 - 1978 Essen, Germany)
Title: Points and Lines
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Punkte und Linien
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph
Date: 1952
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/221463

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gelatin silver print mounted to board

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 30.3 x 40.1 cm (11 15/16 x 15 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: in graphite on mount recto at l.r.: Otto Steinert. // 1952.
inscription: verso, c., graphite: 25 [circled]
inscription: verso, l.c., graphite: 80105 003
inscription: verso, l.r., graphite: CKE847

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: The Cultural Council in the Federation of German Industry, gift; Harvard University Art Museums, 1991

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of The Cultural Council in the Federation of German Industry
Accession Year: 1991
Object Number: 1991.50
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Otto Steinert, Der Fotograf Otto Steinert, exh. cat., ed. Ute Eskildsen, Steidl (Göttingen, 1999), p. 105

Verification Level

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