Josef Sudek
The Window of My Studio

The Window of My Studio

© Estate of Josef Sudek

The Window of My Studio
The Window of My Studio
ArtistCzech, 1896–1976
CultureCzech
Titles
  • The Window of My Studio
Date1946
PlacePrague, Czech Republic
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/16 × 6 3/4 in. (23 × 17.2 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/16 × 6 3/4 in. (23 × 17.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection
Object number91.1143
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

In 1927 Sudek moved into a small courtyard garden studio
where he lived and worked for several decades. The studio became a regular
subject and setting for his photographs, particularly during Nazi occupation
when Sudek could no longer freely photograph in Prague’s city streets. Although
he maintained the romantic lyricism found in his early photographs, by the
1940s, Sudek had left behind their hazy, atmospheric light and instead
emphasized greater precision and clarity. Photographed in his studio using
sunlight as his primary light source, these four still lifes are exquisite
examples of Sudek’s mastery of light, shadow, transparency, and reflection.




ProvenanceAllan Chasanoff, New York; given to MFAH, 1991.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso upper right reading vertically in ink two lines in Czech and a date " 1946 "
lower right " 9[circled] " in ink
lower right corner of image " Sudek "

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