Artist
Jan Saudek (Czech, born 1935)Czech, born 1935
CultureCzech
Titles
- The Target - Death of a Soldier
Date1984
PlaceCzechoslovakia
MediumGelatin silver print with applied color
DimensionsImage: 13 13/16 × 11 in. (35.1 × 28 cm)
Sheet: 15 11/16 × 11 5/8 in. (39.8 × 29.6 cm)
Sheet: 15 11/16 × 11 5/8 in. (39.8 × 29.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2192.A-.F
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Inscribed in bronze (metallic) ink across lower center recto, below image: "#207 ,,The Target,,~Story of a soldier"
Inscribed in black ink on left side of brown paper attached to lower edge, recto: "1 [encircled] #207. (TARGET)"
Inscribed in black ink on center of brown paper attached to lower edge, recto: "PRiNT:". Continued in red ink: "APRiL 15". Continued in black ink: "FiNiSH:". Continued in blue ink: "APRiL 16, 1886"
Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner verso: "MHC 3386"
Inscribed in black ink on left side of brown paper attached to lower edge, recto: "1 [encircled] #207. (TARGET)"
Inscribed in black ink on center of brown paper attached to lower edge, recto: "PRiNT:". Continued in red ink: "APRiL 15". Continued in black ink: "FiNiSH:". Continued in blue ink: "APRiL 16, 1886"
Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner verso: "MHC 3386"
Unsigned
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Jan Saudek
1987
Gelatin silver print with applied color
2002.2174.2
