Jaromír Funke
Uncomfortable Slumber

ArtistCzech, 1896–1945
CultureCzech
Titles
  • Uncomfortable Slumber
Datec. 1920
PlacePrague, Czech Republic
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 3/16 × 11 1/2 in. (23.4 × 29.2 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/16 × 11 1/2 in. (23.4 × 29.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1115
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 sheet, upper left, in an inscribed pencil circle: "6"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, lower right: "Amy Funková / 64461"
The photograph appears to be unsigned.

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