Josef Sudek
At the River

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Artist Josef Sudek (Czech, 1896–1976)Czech, 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 Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection

Object number2002.2420

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Manfred Heiting Collection of Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

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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