"Marlene Ordering Meal": Museum Object and Cultural History
"Marlene Ordering Meal": depicted (sitter): Sieber, Rudolf. depicted (sitter): Dietrich, Marlene. maker: Aigner, Lucien.
The object in the museum catalogue
Gelatin silver photographic print, "Marlene Ordering Meal," by Lucien Aigner. It depicts Marlene Dietrich at a family dinner ordering a meal at a Hungarian restaurant in Paris, seen addressing a male waiter, presumably, and sitting with two other individuals, including her husband Rudolf Sieber. Dietrich was world famous German-born movie star and 'sex queen' of the twenties and thirties.
Materials, dates and provenance
- depicted (sitter): Sieber, Rudolf
- depicted (sitter): Dietrich, Marlene
- maker: Aigner, Lucien
- Object Name: photograph
- Object Name: gelatin silver print
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 27.6 cm x 35 cm; 10 7/8 in x 13 25/32 in
- ID Number: 1977.11.4
- accession number: 1977.0759
- catalog number: 77.11.4
- Credit Line: Gift
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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