Josef Sudek
At the River

At the River

© Estate of Josef Sudek

At the River
At the River
ArtistCzech, 1896–1976
CultureCzech
Titles
  • At the River
Date1957
PlacePrague, Czech Republic
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 3 7/16 × 11 1/4 in. (8.8 × 28.6 cm)
 Sheet: 5 13/16 × 15 11/16 in. (14.7 × 39.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2420
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
DescriptionIn 1948 Sudek was given a Kodak Panoram camera. Marketed to wealthy tourists and rarely used by artists, the Panoram was first introduced in 1899 and then discontinued in 1928. By the time Sudek received the camera, its specialized film was no longer in production. Undeterred, Sudek would cut 4 x 12 inch strips from large sheets of film, loading and unloading the strips one at a time. In spite of this complicated process, Sudek frequently photographed with the camera, creating immersive, atmospheric panorama views of Prague and the surrounding countryside.
ProvenanceEstate of the artist, Prague; Anna Fárová, Prague; purchased by Manfred Heiting, June 22, 1992; 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 center: "e 48"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, lower right: "U Mcluéka 1959"
Signed and dated in pencil, recto of sheet, beneath lower right of image: "Sudek / 57"
verso top right and left four remnants of paper tape upper right inscribed in pencil "2"

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