Josef Sudek
Shell and Glass

Shell and Glass

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Shell and Glass
Shell and Glass
ArtistCzech, 1896–1976
CultureCzech
Titles
  • Shell and Glass
Date1951
PlacePrague, Czech Republic
MediumCarbon print
DimensionsImage: 8 15/16 × 6 3/4 in. (22.7 × 17.1 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 5/16 in. (24.1 × 18.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund
Object number89.163
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Kicken Berlin, Berlin]; purchased by MFAH, 1989.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top center, center and center left: [illegible markings]
Stamped, verso, bottom left, upside down: [illegible, partially obscured in German]

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