Artist Monograph

Umbo (Otto Umbehr), German

German, 1902–1980

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Production by Decade

7

1920s

3

1930s

1

1950s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	10	90.9%
Medium (30–100 cm)	1	9.1%

Range: 17.2 cm → 59.5 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1982	1
1993	2
2001	8

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 11 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Warriorlike Face Photograph Acc. 1886.2001	1926–27	Gelatin silver print	6 13/16 × 4 13/16" (17.3 × 12.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther
Rut Photograph Acc. 336.1982	1927	Gelatin silver print	6 3/4 × 4 3/4" (17.2 × 12.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Robert B. Menschel Fund
Ruth Landshoff Photograph Acc. 1885.2001	1927	Gelatin silver print	6 3/4 × 4 13/16" (17.2 × 12.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Shirley C. Burden, by exchange
Margo Lion Photograph Acc. 1887.2001	1928	Gelatin silver print	9 7/16 × 6 5/8" (24 × 16.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther
Mystery of the Street Photograph Acc. 1888.2001	1928	Gelatin silver print	11 7/16 × 9 1/4" (29 × 23.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Shirley C. Burden, by exchange
Stairs II Photograph Acc. 1891.2001	1929–31	Gelatin silver print	9 7/16 × 6 7/8" (24 × 17.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther
View of Berlin's Department Store Karstadt Photograph Acc. 1889.2001	1929	Gelatin silver print	9 5/16 × 6 1/8" (23.7 × 15.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Shirley C. Burden, by exchange
At the Beach Photograph Acc. 271.1993	1930	Gelatin silver print	11 9/16 × 8 1/4" (29.4 × 20.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Self-Portrait at the Beach Photograph Acc. 272.1993	c. 1930	Gelatin silver print	11 7/16 × 8 9/16" (29 × 21.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Six at the Beach Photograph Acc. 1890.2001	1930	Gelatin silver print	9 3/8 × 7 1/8" (23.8 × 18.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Shirley C. Burden, by exchange
Untitled Photograph Acc. 1284.2001	1951	Gelatin silver print	23 7/16 × 16 13/16" (59.5 × 42.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Geraldine J. Murphy Fund