Pit With Hand

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Pit With Hand

Creator

Grete Stern

Photographer · 1904–1999

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Grete Stern was a graphic and commercial artist in Stuttgart when the work of Edward Weston and Paul Outerbridge inspired her to study photography. She took private lessons with Bauhaus professor Walter Peterhans, taking over his Berlin studio in 1930. While studying with Peterhans, Stern met Ellen Auerbach, with whom she formed the photographic partnership "foto ringl + pit." They specialized in

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Date
1930
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
Argentinian
Department
Photographs
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