Untitled (The Orgy Scene)

Photograph

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di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art

Photo credit: Perry Doane, perrydoane.com, 2024

Photo credit: Perry Doane, perrydoane.com, 2024

Name/Title

Untitled (The Orgy Scene)

Entry/Object ID

1489

Description

Reclining masked figure about to be pounced on by other figure in desert landscape with caption

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Gelatin silver print

Category

Photographic Art

Acquisition

Accession

AR1489

Source or Donor

Richard S. Zoller

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Made/Created

Artist

Richard S. Zoller

Date made

1988

Edition

Edition Size

50

Edition Number

1

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

Liebestag (1924) / One of the Orgy Scenes! This may seem bland by today’s standards, but the seductively / vulgar acting style of Circe Siren (the aggressor in the photo) turned these scenes into / expressions of unbound savage passion.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Object

Height

13-1/4 in

Width

13-1/4 in

Research Notes

Notes

Scene from fictional film, LIEBESTAG (1924), part of 'Films from the Underground,' an ongoing project exploring a fictional avant-garde during the Weimar Republic. This piece is a fictional 'movie still.'