Jindrich Štýrský
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Artist Jindrich Štýrský (Czech, 1899–1942)Czech, 1899–1942

CultureCzech

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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 × 8.6 cm)
Sheet: 3 11/16 × 3 1/2 in. (9.4 × 8.9 cm)
Mount: 6 3/4 × 6 11/16 in. (17.1 × 17 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment, The Manfred Heiting Collection

Object number2002.2384

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Photography

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Manfred Heiting Collection of Photography

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PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenanceprivate collection, Paris; Galerie Rudolf Kicken, Cologne.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Galerie Rudolf Kicken GmbH [n.d.]
Exhibition History"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: "2"
Inscribed in red, recto of mount, beneath mounted sheet: "II."
Printed in black, verso of mount: "Tak vysoko bláto nedostríkne a kaménky odskaku- / jící od kol, protoze jsou pusky a dela, zvykly si dednou / pro vzdy na sklo vykladních skríní. Jen Hluk soustre- / dující se v usích z kamene mohl by casem prílis zatíziti / staré podpery narkotického spánku. Ale doba je jeste / klidná a z malych, studenych ocí revolveru, ocumujících / ovoce vylozedné pred krámky, cte se stále prosebnejsí / vyzva: aby bylo conejhlubsí ticho. / I"

The photograph is unsigned.

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