Petrole Hahn from Ringl+Pit, 1931

Pétrole Hahn, ringl+pit, 1931. Advertisement for a hair lotion which combined an old nightgown with a mannequin head and a real hand. Ellen Auerbach and Grete Stern later forgot whose hand was in the photo and which one took the photograph.

Institution: Juan Mandelbaum

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Petrole Hahn from Ringl+Pit, 1931 ." (Viewed on November 26, 2024) <https://jwa.org/media/photo-israel-01-still-image>.