Untitled--Forest
c. 1930-1940
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 23.1 x 17 cm (9 1/8 x 6 11/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kent and Marcia Minichiello
Accession Number
1996.141.2
Art Historical Context
August Sander's *Untitled—Forest* (c. 1930–1940) offers a rare glimpse into the renowned German photographer's landscape work, diverging from his iconic portraits that chronicled the people of Weimar Germany and beyond. Best known for his ambitious *People of the 20 Century* project, Sander the social fabric of his time with unflinching clarity. This gelatin silver print, made during the turbulent 1930s—a period marked by the rise of Nazism, which led to the confiscation of much of his work in 1936—presents a tranquil forest scene, perhaps reflecting a momentary escape or meditative counterpoi...