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Lotte Lenya

Lotte Lenya

Artist (Tyskland, 1896 - 1990)
Dateca 1930/ca 1970
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsBildmått: 19,6 × 25 cm Passepartout: 40 × 50 cm
ClassificationPhotography
Credit LinePurchase 1979
Countries
On view
Stockholm
Object NumberFM 1979 014 009
About the artworkLotte Jacobi once said: “I was born to make photographs.” In 1840 her great-grandfather purchased the equipment and the rights to make daguerreotypes from Jacques Daguerre himself. The profession passed from one generation to the next, and Jacobi’s grandfather, father, uncles and aunts, and sister were all photographers. In 1935 she emigrated with her sister to the United States, and together they opened a photography studio in New York. There she made portraits that included many of the celebrities of the day. Here we see the actor Peter Lorre, who fled Nazi Germany in 1933 and later made a career in American films, including Casablanca (1942). Lotte Lenya was married to the composer Kurt Weil and participated in the premiere of The Threepenny Opera in 1928.
Description Lotte Lenya, Berlin Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad på fotografiets framsida Selected exhibition history Lotte Jacobi. Mellankrigstidens porträttör (1982) Fotografiska Stockholm Surrealism, samlingen (den 19 oktober 2024 - den 18 januari 2026) Moderna Museet, Stockholm En annan historia: Se världen! (den 16 april 2011 - den 31 december 2011) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Tusen och en bild (1978) Fotografiska Stockholm Den underjordiska himlen. Surrealism i Moderna Museets samling Moderna Museet, Stockholm Fotografi 150 år. Svensk och utländsk fotografi ca 1840-1989 ur museets samlingar (1989) Fotografiska Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Fotografi 150 år : svensk och utländsk fotografi ca 1840 - 1989 ur museets samlingar : Fotografiska Museet i Moderna Museet : 8 juli - 24 september 1989Tusen och en bild : Moderna Museet, Fotografiska Museet, Stockholm : [1 april - 3 september 1978]