Jan Saudek
The Prisoner

The Prisoner

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The Prisoner
The Prisoner
ArtistCzech, born 1935
CultureCzech
Titles
  • The Prisoner
Date1980s
PlaceCzech Republic
MediumGelatin silver print with applied color
DimensionsImage 1 (from left): 3 9/16 × 2 11/16 in. (9.1 × 6.8 cm)
Image 2: 6 15/16 × 5 3/4 in. (17.6 × 14.6 cm)
Image 3: 6 15/16 × 5 3/4 in. (17.6 × 14.6 cm)
Overall: 8 1/4 × 14 7/16 in. (21 × 36.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2186
Not on view

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Department
Photography
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Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in black ink recto lower edge center: "'The Prisoner'".
Inscribed in black ink on paper tape on lower edge recto from left corner: "[four color circles of green, blue, red and organge] Model Print of 'The Prisoner' [space] #356 [space] PRINT FINISHED JUNE 21, 1887 9:42 AM".
Inscribed in pencil verso of sheet lower right corner: "185".

Signed in black marker recto below right image lower right corner: "JAN SAUDEK".

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