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[Circus Artist, Düren (Zirkusartistin)]
Creator
August SanderGerman Photographer · 1876–1964
All works by this person →During military service, August Sander was an assistant in a photographic studio in Trier; he then spent the following two years working in various studios elsewhere. By 1904 he had opened his own studio in Linz, Austria, where he met with success. He moved to a suburb of Cologne in 1909 and soon began to photograph the rural farmers nearby. Around three years later Sander abandoned his urban stud
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- about 1930–1932
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- German
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 5e2d2069-01ae-4261-b7ab-0d53117a28f8
The carnival performer leans against a trailer wearing a printed robe that falls open over her fringe- and bead-encrusted costume. Her worn and harshly painted face, tousled hair, slouched posture, and wrinkled pants suggest either a long day of work or a hard night. She looks at the photographer with a mixture of exhaustion and a slight, knowing amusement. With her right hand she gingerly holds the end of one row of beads--an almost unconscious, graceful gesture that softens the flashy display of flesh and fancy details that mark her working garb.
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