Eugen Wiškovský
Chestnuts

ArtistCzech, 1888–1964
CultureCzech
Titles
  • Chestnuts
Date1948
PlaceCzech Republic
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 11 7/8 × 9 5/16 in. (30.2 × 23.6 cm)
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 9 5/16 in. (30.2 × 23.6 cm)
Mount: 13 × 10 9/16 in. (33 × 26.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2703
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Manfred Heiting, Malibu, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
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 pencil, verso of mount, upper left: 1948
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, lower edge: 125 / Wiskovsky / 1500

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