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Umbo (i.e. Otto Umbehr)

Düsseldorf 1902 – 1980 Hanover

Self-Portrait / Ruth Landshoff. 1926 and 1927

1 early gelatin silver print. Agfa Brovira paper / 1 gelatin silver print, printed later. 9,9 × 7,6 cm (10,7 × 7,6 cm) and 9,5 × 6,9 cm (11,1 × 8 cm) (3 ⅞ × 3 in. (4 ¼ × 3 in.) and 3 ¾ × 2 ¾ in. (4 ⅜ × 3 ⅛ in.)).
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This picture shows the following artwork:  Umbo (i.e. Otto Umbehr). Self-Portrait / Ruth Landshoff. 1926 and 1927.
This picture shows the following artwork:  Umbo (i.e. Otto Umbehr). Self-Portrait / Ruth Landshoff. 1926 and 1927.

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This picture shows the following artwork:  Umbo (i.e. Otto Umbehr). Self-Portrait / Ruth Landshoff. 1926 and 1927.
This picture shows the following artwork:  Umbo (i.e. Otto Umbehr). Self-Portrait / Ruth Landshoff. 1926 and 1927.

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This picture shows the following artwork:  Umbo (i.e. Otto Umbehr). Self-Portrait / Ruth Landshoff. 1926 and 1927.
This picture shows the following artwork:  Umbo (i.e. Otto Umbehr). Self-Portrait / Ruth Landshoff. 1926 and 1927.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork:  Umbo (i.e. Otto Umbehr). Self-Portrait / Ruth Landshoff. 1926 and 1927.
This picture shows the following artwork:  Umbo (i.e. Otto Umbehr). Self-Portrait / Ruth Landshoff. 1926 and 1927.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork:  Umbo (i.e. Otto Umbehr). Self-Portrait / Ruth Landshoff. 1926 and 1927.
This picture shows the following artwork:  Umbo (i.e. Otto Umbehr). Self-Portrait / Ruth Landshoff. 1926 and 1927.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork:  Umbo (i.e. Otto Umbehr). Self-Portrait / Ruth Landshoff. 1926 and 1927.

Estimate:

EUR 1,200

 

- 1,800

Auction 765

Sunday, 11.10.2026, 6:00 PM

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1 early gelatin silver print. Agfa Brovira paper / 1 gelatin silver print, printed later. 9,9 × 7,6 cm (10,7 × 7,6 cm) and 9,5 × 6,9 cm (11,1 × 8 cm) (3 ⅞ × 3 in. (4 ¼ × 3 in.) and 3 ¾ × 2 ¾ in. (4 ⅜ × 3 ⅛ in.)). Each with the copyright stamp of the estate on the reverse: "NACHLASS ESTATE UMBO / (OTTO UMBEHR) COPYRIGHT / PHYLLIS UMBEHR / UNTERWÖSSEN“, signed above by Phyllis Umbehr in pencil. 1 photo with stamp and date of the signature: "2000“ by Phyllis Umbehr in pencil as well as inscribed and numbered by an unknown hand in pencil and blue ballpoint pen. [2104]

Photographiere in Raten!, in: Die Grüne Post, Berlin, no. 12 (19. June) 1927, p. 6 (there titled: 'Ruth groß') / Exh. cat.: UMBO. Photographien 1925-1933. Hannover, Spectrum Photogalerie im Kunstmuseum 1979, p. 8, ill. 1 (there titled and dated: Paul Citroen: Umbo Fotografie, 1926) and pl. 9 (there titled and dated: Rut, 1927) / Herbert Molderings: Umbo. Otto Umbehr 1902-1980. Düsseldorf 1995, p. 34, ill. 13 (there dated: Dezember 1926); pl. 1 and p. 56, ill. 26 (there titled: Porträt Ruth Landshoff); pl. 5 / Exh. cat.: UMBO. Vom Bauhaus zum Bildjournalismus. Düsseldorf, Kunstverein für Rheinlande und Westfalen; Berlin, Bauhaus-Archiv; Frankfurt am Main, Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst; Munich, Haus der Kunst; Paris, Centre National de la Photographie, 1995/96, p. 13, ill. 13 (there dated: Dezember 1926); pl. 4

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