Altes Spital, Albert Renger-Patzsch

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Albert Renger-Patzsch, Altes Spital
Albert Renger-Patzsch, Altes Spital
Albert Renger-Patzsch
Altes Spital
circa 1935
Albert Renger-Patzsch
1897–1966
Altes Spital, circa 1935
Where object was made: Germany
Material/technique: gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 22.6 x 16.5 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 8 7/8 x 6 1/2 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in
Credit line: Museum purchase
Accession number: 1985.0083
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Constructions of Place: Architecture in Photography," Jan-1991, Erin Barnett Renger-Patzsch was an important figure in the New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit) movement of the 1920s and early 1930s. He, like other contemporary European photographers, was interested in using the medium to render objects in detail. This photograph depicts a form of traditional German architecture, half-timber buildings.