Heinz Hajek-Halke
Exploded Note

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Artist Heinz Hajek-Halke (German, 1893–1983)German, 1893–1983

CultureGerman

Titles

Exploded Note
Geplatzte Note

Datec. 1951

PlaceGermany

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 11 5/8 × 9 3/16 in. (29.5 × 23.3 cm)
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 9 7/16 in. (30.2 × 24 cm)

Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting, The Manfred Heiting Collection

Object number2002.1249

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Manfred Heiting Collection of Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed in black ink along center of upper edge verso: "'geplatzte note'"
Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner verso: "EM 1Az"

Unsigned

Purple artist's stamp on center verso: "H. HAJEK-HALKE / Experimentelle Fotografie / für Presse und Werbung / WASSERBURG-BODENSEE"
Paper strip with typewritten inscription, attached diagonally across lower verso: "'Geplatzte Note'. / Drahtmontage (Fahrradspeichen) mit fahrender Kamera aufgenommen. / Die Wirkung des Platzens wird ven einer 'Wunderkerze' hervorgerufen. / (2 Negative übereinander liegend.)"

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