František Drtikol
The Bow

The Bow
The Bow
The Bow
CultureCzech
Titles
  • The Bow
Date1929
PlacePrague, Czech Republic
MediumBromoil print
DimensionsImage: 8 7/8 × 11 5/16 in. (22.6 × 28.7 cm)
Sheet: 8 7/8 × 11 5/16 in. (22.5 × 28.7 cm)
Mount: 14 5/8 × 13 13/16 in. (37.1 × 35.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by James Edward Maloney, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.910
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Manfred Heiting, Malibu, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
White label on the verso of mount: "1er. SALON / INTERNACIONAL / FOTOGRAFICO / DEL / URUGUAY / No. 100 / MARZO 1931 / Al Expositor le ha sido conferida la medalla ofi- / cial conmemorativa del Centenario del Uruguay"

Inscribed in black, verso of mount, presumably in the artist's handwriting: "IV / [signature] / Praha II / Vodieko ver 7 / Czechoslovakia / 'The bow' / pigment"

Inscribed in brown crayon, verso of mount, center: "55-D"
Inscribed in red crayon, verso of mount, center: "U 30"

Embossed on recto of sheet, lower right: "COPYRIGHT / DRTIKOL PRAGUE"
Signed and dated in pencil, recto of mount, beneath lower right of image/sheet: "Drtikol 1929"

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