Artist
Ivan Kafka (Czech, born 1952)Czech, born 1952
CultureCzech
Titles
- The Picked Reflection, Earth and Sun
- Sebrany odlesk zeme a slunce
Date1982–1984
PlacePrague, Czechoslovakia
MediumGelatin silver prints
DimensionsImage (.A, left image): 15 1/8 × 10 11/16 in. (38.4 × 27.1 cm)
Sheet (.A, left sheet): 15 15/16 × 11 3/8 in. (40.5 × 28.9 cm)
Image (.B, right image): 15 1/8 × 10 11/16 in. (38.4 × 27.1 cm)
Sheet (.B, right sheet): 15 15/16 × 11 1/2 in. (40.5 × 29.2 cm)
Sheet (.A, left sheet): 15 15/16 × 11 3/8 in. (40.5 × 28.9 cm)
Image (.B, right image): 15 1/8 × 10 11/16 in. (38.4 × 27.1 cm)
Sheet (.B, right sheet): 15 15/16 × 11 1/2 in. (40.5 × 29.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ivan Kafka in honor of Frantisek Smejkal
Object number89.224.A,.B
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso lower right above signature in pencil "THE PICKED REFLECTION / EARTH & SUN / 120x120m" [above this a repeat in Czech]
"A/DIPTECH" "B/DIPTECH"
"A/DIPTECH" "B/DIPTECH"
verso lower right in pencil "Ivan Kafka 1982-84"
verso lower right a square stamp "IVAN KAFKA / PRAHA 7 / JANOVSKEHO 52 / 17000 / CSSR"
verso bottom right a typed label "This photograph is my gift to / The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston / in honour of Frantisek Smejkel"
verso bottom right a typed label "This photograph is my gift to / The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston / in honour of Frantisek Smejkel"
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