Gotthard Schuh
Plates contributed
The 2 plates attributed to Gotthard Schuh in the 1955 MoMA Master Checklist (Exhibition #569).
| ID | Country | Section | Year | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| photo-0016 | Italy | Lovers | — | Clervaux |
| photo-0075 | Java | Family and children | — | Clervaux |
Notes
Two plates in the catalog (count verified by strict-match grep against data/photographs.csv 2026-05-19): photo-0016 (#19 Lovers, Italy, Swiss, 36 x 50 3/4 cm) and photo-0075 (#79 Children A, Java, Swiss, 14 x 21 3/4 cm). Both credited Swiss without agency. Checklist nationality: Swiss. Born 22 December 1897, Berlin-Schöneberg (German-born to Swiss parents); died 29 December 1969, Küsnacht, Switzerland — day-month tokens from src-wikipedia-schuh-pointer (fetched 2026-05-19), consistent with src-schuh-1967-retrospective (in repo, verified:false); day-month tokens remain at pointer-tier pending Fotostiftung Schweiz corroboration. Fotostiftung URL returned 302 redirect to generic portal on two fetch attempts (2026-05-19); access barrier recorded. Wikipedia FoM confirmation verbatim: ‘In 1955 Edward Steichen selected two of Schuh’s photographs for the world-touring Museum of Modern Art exhibition The Family of Man seen by an audience of 9 million. One photograph depicted lovers resting beside bicycles in an Italian olive grove; the other showed a boy playing marbles in Java’ (src-wikipedia-schuh-pointer) — consistent with photo-0016 (Italy/Lovers) and photo-0075 (Java/Children). Research file: research/photographers/gotthard-schuh.md
External biography
https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/gotthard-schuh
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