Artist
Jindrich ŠtýrskýCzech, 1899–1942
CultureCzech
Titles
- Untitled
- from the series On the Needles of These Days
Date1934–1935, printed 1941 or before
PlacePrague, Czech Republic
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 3 9/16 × 3 3/8 in. (9 × 8.5 cm)
Sheet: 3 11/16 × 3 1/2 in. (9.4 × 8.9 cm)
Mount: 6 11/16 × 6 11/16 in. (17 × 17 cm)
Sheet: 3 11/16 × 3 1/2 in. (9.4 × 8.9 cm)
Mount: 6 11/16 × 6 11/16 in. (17 × 17 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Anne H. Bushman, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2383
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in, "Prague and It's Environs: Photographs by Josef Sudek and the Czech Avant Garde in the Manfred Heiting Collection," at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston from July 7 to November 30, 2003.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in green, verso of sheet: "3"
Inscribed in red, recto of mount, beneath mounted sheet: "III."
Printed in black, verso of mount: "Hladké a sklebící se srouby, zatlacené jako oci mrtvych let hluboko do / trámu, jejichz barve naskákala uz dávno husí kuze, / udrzují starou hru svetla a stínu, starou hru polední / prestávky, / II"
Inscribed in red, recto of mount, beneath mounted sheet: "III."
Printed in black, verso of mount: "Hladké a sklebící se srouby, zatlacené jako oci mrtvych let hluboko do / trámu, jejichz barve naskákala uz dávno husí kuze, / udrzují starou hru svetla a stínu, starou hru polední / prestávky, / II"
The photograph is not signed.
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