id:			165151
accession number:	2007.152
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2007.152
updated:		2023-08-24 00:17:02.419000

The Questioner , 1930. Anton Stankowski (German, 1906–1998). Gelatin silver print; image: 16.9 x 11.9 cm (6 5/8 x 4 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2007.152 © Stankowski-Stiftung

title:				The Questioner 
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creation date:			1930
creation date earliest:		1930
creation date latest:		1930
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			© Stankowski-Stiftung

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culture:	Germany, 20th century
technique:	gelatin silver print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - German 20th Century
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Anton Stankowski (German, 1906–1998)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 16.9 x 11.9 cm (6 5/8 x 4 11/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "18 x 24/Der Trager"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Forbidden Games: Surrealist and Modernist Photography
	opening date:   2014-10-19T00:00:00
	<i>Forbidden Games: Surrealist and Modernist Photography</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 19, 2014-January 11, 2015).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, NY)
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	David Raymond [b.1979], New York, NY
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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In what is almost undoubtedly a self-portrait, the artist turns his head to look into the camera, and thus at the viewer. Despite eye contact, the extremes of deep shadow and bright light obscure his face, adding to the sense of intrigue. Stankowski went on to become a major figure in graphic design, applying avant-garde composition and typographic strategies, incorporating photography into advertising, and creating corporate identities and logos for major international companies.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E. Hinson, Ian Walker, and Lisa Kurzner. Forbidden Games: Surrealist and Modernist Photography : the David Raymond Collection in the Cleveland Museum of Art. 2014.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 187, no. 146; reproduced and mentioned: p. 235.
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