Name/Title
Photo portraits of Otto Riehl, artist, c. 1920sEntry/Object ID
1995.304.1Description
Acc. No. 95.304.1 (a-c)
Subject Category: Citizens of Alameda
Date or Period: Ca. 1920's
Object: Photographs
Description: Black/white studio proof photos. (a-b) unmounted; (c) has remnants of lt. brown wrapping paper mounting. Photographer unknown. All images have a typed description label glued to the lower left margin.
Size (of each): L-7 x W-5 in.
History of Object: Various photo portraits of Otto Riehl, artist and painter.
He is briefly listed in Artists in California, 1786-1940, by Edan Milton Hughes, 1985 Edition, as having exhibited a painting entitled "Building the Estuary Tube" at the Oakland Art Gallery in 1928. Image (a): Mr. Riehl is seated facing the camera, in an artist's smock, seemingly looking at a photo; (b) a seated profile pose of Mr. Riehl clad in a business suit, and (c) a full faced view, similar to (b).
Acquired from: Unknown
Date: 12/9/95
Pre-1971 donation, uncataloged.
