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Welfare Recipient

1930

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 10 3/16 × 7 3/8" (25.8 × 18.7 cm)
Genre: Photograph
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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Rheinfront mit Dom & St. Urban

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The Woman of Advanced Intellect (The Intellectual) (Die Frau im fortgeschrittenen Intellekt [Die Intellektuelle])

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The Siebengebirge as seen from Rheinbreitbach

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The Architect Hans Poelzig, Berlin (Der Architekt Hans Poelzig, Berlin)

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Wife of the Cologne Painter Peter Abelen (Gattin des Kölner Malers Peter Abelen)

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Recipient of Welfare Assistance

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Near Nonnenwerth Island

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Brücke der Reichsautobahn, Neandertal

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Welfare Recipient by August Sander — VisualArtsDB