Artist
Jan Lauschmann(Czech, 1901–1991)Czech, 1901–1991
CultureCzech
Titles
- Evening on our staircase
Date1927
PlaceBrno, Czech Republic
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 11 7/8 × 11 5/8 in. (30.2 × 29.5 cm)
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 11 5/8 in. (30.2 × 29.5 cm)
Mount: 13 1/2 × 12 7/8 in. (34.3 × 32.8 cm)
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 11 5/8 in. (30.2 × 29.5 cm)
Mount: 13 1/2 × 12 7/8 in. (34.3 × 32.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Alice C. Simkins in memory of Elsie Nicholson Simkins, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1515
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
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 mount, upper left: "100015-51008"
Inscribed in black, verso of mount, center: "12) / Evening on our staircase / Nesgar-gaslight / Majikl: Maker: / Jan Lauschmann / Brno, Ubrone 6 / Czechoslovakia"
Inscribed in blue, verso of mount, lower left: "lw137"
Inscribed in red, verso of mount, lower right: "123"
Inscribed in black, verso of mount, center: "12) / Evening on our staircase / Nesgar-gaslight / Majikl: Maker: / Jan Lauschmann / Brno, Ubrone 6 / Czechoslovakia"
Inscribed in blue, verso of mount, lower left: "lw137"
Inscribed in red, verso of mount, lower right: "123"
Monogrammed and dated on recto of mount, in pencil, below bottom right of image/sheet "J 1927 L"
Signed properly in black, verso of mount: "Jan Lauschmann"
Signed properly in black, verso of mount: "Jan Lauschmann"
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