Artist
Josef Sudek (Czech, 1896–1976)Czech, 1896–1976
CultureCzech
Titles
- Still Life in the Style of Caravaggio (Day version)
Date1950–1955
PlacePrague, Czech Republic
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 × 11 7/16 in. (22.9 × 29.1 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 13 5/16 in. (25.2 × 33.8 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 13 5/16 in. (25.2 × 33.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2416
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Bought by Manfred Heiting from Anna Fárová Archive on 3/11/1983.
Exhibition History"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
Czech inscription, in pencil, verso of sheet, upper center. Appears to read: "L 12 / I variace / Latíse fvdle Laravaggia / Lautakt / 1956"
Signed and dated in pencil, recto of sheet, beneath lower right of image: "Sudek 1956"
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Jan Weenix
c. 1675
Oil on canvas
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