Ferenc Csik
Tower Jumper

Tower Jumper
Tower Jumper
Tower Jumper
ArtistHungarian, 1894–1984
CultureHungarian
Titles
  • Tower Jumper
Date1936
PlaceHungary
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 15 1/16 x 11 5/16 in. (38.3 x 28.7 cm)
Sheet: 15 1/16 × 11 5/16 in. (38.3 × 28.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.852
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Lower Brown Corridor, "Hungarian Avant-Garde Photographers from the Manfred Heiting Collection", March 1, 2004-May 23, 2004
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in purple, verso of sheet, upper left: "SOPRONI FOTOKLUB / 1906 / SOPRONI FOTOKLUB / Photo: CSIK Ferenc / SOPRON, (Hungaria) / Titel: Mingró"

Orange label affixed to verso of sheet, upper right: "Wisconsin Centennial International Salon / of Photography / Judges / Rating / C / C / C"

Circular stamp in purple, verso of sheet, upper center: "SOPRONI SOTEX / SOPRON / Fotoszakosztálya"

Circular stamp in purple, verso of sheet, upper center: "M.N.B. DEVIZAIGAZGATOSAG / ENG DELYESES / 1953 DEC-3"

Circular stamp in purple, verso of sheet, right, center: "M.N.B. DEVIZAIGAZGATOSAG / ENGEDELYEZES / EXPORT / M 63858 / 1955 MAJ 31"

Red label, affixed to verso of sheet, center: "HARPENDEN / 1954 / EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL / EXHIBITION"

Stamped in purple, verso of sheet, lower right: "PHOTOGRAPHIC ASSOCIATION / OF BENGAL, INDIA 9 / PKG..."

White label, affixed to verso of sheet, lower right: "MIDLAND SALON--CITY OF LEICESTER / 1954..."

And other assorted inscriptions in blue, red, and pencil... see scan in TMS and object file.
The photograph does not appear to be signed.

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

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