Jan Saudek
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Artist Jan Saudek (Czech, born 1935)Czech, born 1935

CultureCzech

Titles

Untitled
Two Sons of Artist Carrying Father to the Grave

Datec. 1980

PlaceCzechoslovakia

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall image: 10 5/16 × 14 9/16 in. (26.2 × 37 cm)
Sheet: 12 × 15 11/16 in. (30.5 × 39.8 cm)
Upper left image: 4 13/16 × 7 1/16 in. (12.3 × 17.9 cm)
Upper right image: 4 3/4 × 6 3/4 in. (12 × 17.1 cm)
Lower left image: 4 13/16 × 7 1/16 in. (12.3 × 18 cm)
Lower right image: 4 13/16 × 6 15/16 in. (12.3 × 17.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting, The Manfred Heiting Collection

Object number2002.2118

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Manfred Heiting Collection of Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

There are lengthy inscriptions in black ink in Czech over the lower part of each image, recto. See digital image.
Inscribed in black ink on right side of brown tape attached to lower edge, recto: "18 [crossed out in pencil]" Inscribed next to this in pencil: "19"
Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner verso: "IV"
Inscribed in pencil on lower right corner verso: "#19 I"
Inscribed in pencil on upper right corner verso: "330"
Inscribed in pencil on lower right verso: "1917"

Signed in black ink on lower right corner of image, recto: "JAN SAUDEK"

Vertical lines (possibly registration marks) in black ink on brown tape near the right corners of the upper and lower edges.
Small, blue horizontal line on upper right verso.

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