The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 20, 2024
"Women's Dance," Bauhaus Stage
1929
(German, 1902–1980)
Image: 15.3 x 11 cm (6 x 4 5/16 in.); Matted: 30.6 x 25.4 cm (12 1/16 x 10 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1990.121
Location: not on view
Description
An inventive and versatile photographer, in Umbo joined the newly formed Berlin photographic agency known as Dephot (Deutsche Photodienst) in 1929, working as a photojournalist and writing about avant-garde film, dance, and theater. From 1926–30, he photographed performances produced by a dance and theatrical company associated with the German Bauhaus, an avant-garde school of architecture and design. In this surreal image, three figures dressed in elaborate costumes and masks impersonate dolls. The distorted perspective and ominous shadows give the image a disconcerting mood.- W. Siedhoff, Frankfurt am Main
- "1990 Photography Acquisitions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 78, no. 2 (1991): 46-59. Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 49 www.jstor.orgCleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 362
- CMA, November 20,1996 - February 2, 1997: "Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art."Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997).
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