Leni Riefenstahl
Emil Otto Hoppé
1926
Black and white vintage print
Image: 7 11/16 × 5 9/16 in. (19.6 × 14.2 cm)
Sheet: 7 11/16 × 5 9/16 in. (19.6 × 14.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.4781
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Verso: Upper left, typed in black ink on cream paper, affixed, "Hitler's Only Woman Friend Leni Riefenstahl the German film actress who filmed the great Nazi Congress and who is the only woman friend of Hitler, is coming to England to lecture on film technique at the University of Oxford, Cambridge, and London." / Center, in graphite, "Ph: Hoppe" / Lower left, in graphite and red ink, "CIN 29" and, stamped in blue ink, "12Dec79 26" / Center, in graphite, "18520 - A" / Lower right, stamped in blue ink, "The Mansell Collection 42 Linden Gardens London W2 4ER 01-229 5475 ON LOAN THIS PRINT MUST NOT BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT PERMISSION" / Lower center, stamped in purple ink, "If not Reproduced please return to Dorien L[???] Ltd, 7 Vromwell Place London, S.W.7 Fee charged otherwise"
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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