Zofia Rydet
The Sentimental Ballad

The Sentimental Ballad
The Sentimental Ballad
The Sentimental Ballad
ArtistPolish, 1911–1997
CulturePolish
Titles
  • The Sentimental Ballad
  • from the series World of Feelings and Imagination
  • Sentymentalna Ballada
Date1971–77
MediumGelatin silver print, photomontage
DimensionsImage: 11 3/4 × 9 3/8 in. (29.8 × 23.8 cm)
Mat: 15 3/4 × 11 13/16 in. (40 × 30 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Anne Wilkes Tucker in memory of Debbie Friedman
Object number2011.342
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Galeria Asymetria, Warsaw]; purchased by MFAH, 2011.
Exhibition History"Utopia/ Dystopia: Construction and Destruction in Photography and Collage," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 March - 10 June, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed on verso LR in pencil: Augustynska
Stamped on verso upper left in ink:
ZBIORY PRYWATNE / Zofia Augustynska
Stamped on verso lower center in ink:
fotografowata / ZOFIA RYDET / E.F.I.A.P. czl. Z.P.A.F. / Wybrzeze Wojska Polskiego 5 / 44-100 GLIWICE / POLSKA - POLAND / Prado autorskie chronione / przcz ZAIKS

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