The Dancer Ellen Tels, 1916

Title

The Dancer Ellen Tels

Photographer

• Hugo Erfurth

Period Produced

• 20th century

School

• dance photography

Object Type

• photograph

Physical Description

Silver Gelatin Print on paper

Material

• silver particles
• gelatin emulsion
• paper

Technique

• silver gelatin print

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet recto unten rechts auf der Fotografie: Blindstempel: HUGO ERFURTH, DRESDEN 1916

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet verso. Handschriftlich: betiteld

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Photographic Collection

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Gemeinsames Eigentum mit dem Städelschen Museums-Verein e.V.

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 2013 with support from the Kulturstiftung der Länder and the Hessischer Kulturstiftung, joint property with the Städelscher Museums-Verein e.V.

Genre

• portrait

Main Motif

• artist portrait
• Ellen Tels
• woman
• dance
• movement (of the body)
• interior space

Persons Shown

• Ellen Tels

Primary

• 48C8422 female dancer
• 61BB2(TELS, Ellen)11(+55) historical person (TELS, Ellen) - BB - woman - historical person (TELS, Ellen) portrayed alone (+ full length portrait)
• 31D15 adult woman
• 31D15(+4) adult woman (+ three-quarter view)
• 43C9 dancing
• 43C912 woman dancing alone
• 31AA26252 standing on one leg, the other leg backwards, bent - AA - female human figure

Secondary

• 41D211 dress, gown
• 49D32 line (~ planimetry, geometry)
• 49D36 circle (~ planimetry, geometry)
• 22C light
• 22C8 shadow