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)
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
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
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"
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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