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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.
The Painter Willi Bongartz
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.

The Painter Willi Bongartz

Artist August Sander (German, 1876 - 1964)
CultureGerman
Date1924, printed 1974
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 11 1/4 × 8 1/8 in. (28.6 × 20.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 21 5/8 × 17 3/4 in. (54.9 × 45.1 cm)
InscribedKöln blindstamp in lower left corner of the image; signed on the reverse in graphite by the artist's son Gunther Sander including the credit stamp and edition.
Credit LineGift of Daniel and Noemi Mattis
Object number2007.21.2
Not on view
DescriptionThis gelatin silver print is of a portrait of a man. He has curly dark hair and is looking directly at the viewer. He has a large dimple in his chin.

ProvenanceDaniel and Noemi Mattis [via guidance of their son, Michael Mattis], Salt Lake City, Utah; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Gift of Daniel and Noemi Mattis, 2008 Published ReferencesAugust Sander, _Face Our Time (Antlitz der Zeit)_ (Munich: Schirmer/Mosel, 2008) ISBN:978-3888142925