Dents
Ringl and Pit were the childhood nicknames of Grete Stern (Ringl) and Ellen Auerbach (Pit). Together, they established a photography studio in 1930 in Berlin. Both studied privately with Walter Peterhans, a photography instructor at the Bauhaus, whose promulgation of a highly rationalized style of advertising photography--one that signified "machine made" in its emphasis on sleek form and graphic design--was proposed as a solution to the question of art's role in industrial society.
This advertisement for Dents, a leather glove manufacturer, was made in England, where Stern and Auerbach (both Jewish) emigrated in 1933. In their representation of the "modern woman," a new social type emerging out of the political upheaval of the Weimar Republic, the duo employed visual strategies subversive to traditional conceptions of woman. Often using mannequins, wigs, and other symbols of femininity, Stern and Auerbach worked to question the artifice and masquerade of feminine identity.
This advertisement for Dents, a leather glove manufacturer, was made in England, where Stern and Auerbach (both Jewish) emigrated in 1933. In their representation of the "modern woman," a new social type emerging out of the political upheaval of the Weimar Republic, the duo employed visual strategies subversive to traditional conceptions of woman. Often using mannequins, wigs, and other symbols of femininity, Stern and Auerbach worked to question the artifice and masquerade of feminine identity.
Artwork Details
- Title: Dents
- Artist: ringl + pit (German, active 1930–1933)
- Artist: Grete Stern (Argentinian (born Germany), 1904–1999)
- Artist: Ellen Auerbach (German, Karlsruhe 1906–2004 New York)
- Date: ca. 1934
- Medium: Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions: 35.3 x 22.7 cm (13 7/8 x 8 15/16 in.)
Frame: 19 7/8 x 15 in. - Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987
- Object Number: 1987.1100.206
- Rights and Reproduction: © ringl+pit, Courtesy Robert Mann Gallery
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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