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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1992.35
People
Peter Keetman, German (Wuppertal-Elberfeld, Germany 1916 - 2005 Marquartstein, Germany)
Title
The Beetle (Volkswagen Factory)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Der Käfer (Volkswagenwerk)
Title: Delivery site for self-collectors and major customers at the north-west side of the factory, from the series "one week at the Volkswagen Factory," Wolfsburg 1953
Original Language Title: Auslieferungsplatz für Selbstabholer und Großkunden im Nordwesten des Werkes, aus der Serie "eine Woche im Volkswagenwerk", Wolfsburg 1953
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1953
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/221469

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
18 x 24 cm (7 1/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on verso in graphite at u.r.: Peter Keetman
  • inscription: on verso at u.r., graphite, handwritten: 1275
  • inscription: on verso at u.r., graphite, handwritten: 1953
  • inscription: on verso at u.r., graphite, handwritten: VW-Werk
  • stamp: on verso at l.c., black ink: Auftr. Nr. _____ Reg. Nr. _____ // Titel (Name) _____ // Urheber: FOTOGRAF // PETER KEETMAN // BREITBRUNN/CHIEMSEE // MUELLERHOF // Veröffentlichung nur mit voller Namensnennung des Urhebers // gestattet. // Honorar und Belegexemplar an obige Adresse zu richten.
  • inscription: on verso at l.c., black ink, handwritten: S/1975 [on the line for "Reg. Nr."]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Purchase through the generosity of the Cultural Council in the Federation of German Industry
Copyright
© Estate of Peter Keetman
Accession Year
1992
Object Number
1992.35
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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