Krchnak Studio, Shiner, Texas
Wedding Portrait

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Artist Krchnak Studio, Shiner, TexasAmerican, active 1920s

CultureAmerican

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Wedding Portrait

DateNovember, 1928

PlaceShiner, Texas, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage (visible): 4 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (11.4 × 16.5 cm)
Mount: 8 × 21 11/16 in. (20.3 × 55.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Leona Svoboda Bowen in loving memory of her sister, Marie Svoboda Fikac Hrncir

Object number2010.198

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DescriptionA wedding portrait of Marie Svoboda Fikac and Anton Fikac taken in 1928 on a farm near Shiner, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Fikac were only married for a few days when Mr. Fikac went out into the field to shoot crows that were eating the corn. When he didn't return, the family went to look for him and found him shot. As common practice of the time and the lack of a funeral home in the area, the body was kept in the family home until the burial; this photograph was taken in their home. Mrs. Fikac had arranged for the wedding portrait prior to the death of Mr. Fikac. Always insisting that the photograph is a wedding portrait and not a memorial portrait, Mrs. Fikac frequently noted that she had both wedding candles lit for the sitting. Several years later Mrs. Fikac married again to Mr. Anton Hrncir.
ProvenanceLeona Marie Svoboda Bowen, Houston; given to MFAH, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Marked in ink on the inside right cover: "Marie Svoboda Fikac / Anton Fikac / 1928"

Printed on the mat, center below the image: "KRCHNAK / SHINER, TEXAS"

Stamped on the back cover below a raised leaf: "BELLROSE"

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