Artist
Jindrich Štýrský (Czech, 1899–1942)Czech, 1899–1942
CultureCzech
Titles
- Untitled
- from the series On the Needles of These Days
Date1934, printed 1941 or before
PlacePrague, Czech Republic
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 3 1/2 × 3 3/8 in. (8.9 × 8.6 cm)
Sheet: 3 5/8 × 3 1/2 in. (9.1 × 8.9 cm)
Mount: 6 11/16 × 6 11/16 in. (17 × 17 cm)
Sheet: 3 5/8 × 3 1/2 in. (9.1 × 8.9 cm)
Mount: 6 11/16 × 6 11/16 in. (17 × 17 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2382
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in green, verso of sheet: "6"
Inscribed in red, recto of mount, beneath image/sheet: "VI."
Printed in black, verso of mount: "oslavujíce tuto menazerii, na jejímz vrcho9lku se prome- / nují vsi známou cestou lemovanou vuní brezové vody a bílé, plaché / prízraky v hloubi navonenych der, aby zachovaly alespon zdání ci- / stoty, prostírají bílí ubrusy na vyrázku klik, na které / se nesahá holou rukou. / V"
Inscribed in red, recto of mount, beneath image/sheet: "VI."
Printed in black, verso of mount: "oslavujíce tuto menazerii, na jejímz vrcho9lku se prome- / nují vsi známou cestou lemovanou vuní brezové vody a bílé, plaché / prízraky v hloubi navonenych der, aby zachovaly alespon zdání ci- / stoty, prostírají bílí ubrusy na vyrázku klik, na které / se nesahá holou rukou. / V"
The photograph is not signed.
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