Artist
Jan Saudek(Czech, born 1935)Czech, born 1935
CultureCzech
Titles
- The Purgatory Nr. 2
Date1986
PlaceCzech Republic
MediumGelatin silver print with applied color
DimensionsImage: 8 7/16 × 15 in. (21.5 × 38.1 cm)
Sheet: 11 13/16 × 15 5/8 in. (30 × 39.7 cm)
Sheet: 11 13/16 × 15 5/8 in. (30 × 39.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2188
Non exposé
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PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Inscribed in black marker recto below image center: "I've been refused, I've been regained - I've been this way before".
Inscribed in white marker recto below image center: "'The Purgatory Nr. 2'".
Inscribed in black ink on paper tape on lower edge recto: "Model Print [arrow and color circles of white, yellow, red and blue, and another arrow] "The Purgatory Nr. 2" [space] PRINT FINISHED JANUARY 14, 1886".
Inscribed in white marker recto below image center: "'The Purgatory Nr. 2'".
Inscribed in black ink on paper tape on lower edge recto: "Model Print [arrow and color circles of white, yellow, red and blue, and another arrow] "The Purgatory Nr. 2" [space] PRINT FINISHED JANUARY 14, 1886".
Signed in black marker recto on image lower right corner: "JAN SAUDEK".
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Jan Saudek
1987
Gelatin silver print with applied color
2002.2174.2
