Artist
Jirí Kolár(Czech, 1914–2002)Czech, 1914–2002
CultureCzech
Titles
- Untitled
Date1960
MediumPhoto offset print
DimensionsImage: 5 5/8 × 8 1/2 in. (14.3 × 21.6 cm)
Mount: 16 9/16 × 20 13/16 in. (42 × 52.9 cm)
Mount: 16 9/16 × 20 13/16 in. (42 × 52.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1470
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
this photograph, the Czech poet and collage artist Jiri Kolárˇ pays homage to
photojournalist Werner Bischof, best known for his photo-essays on the devastation
in Europe caused by World War II. Here, Kolárˇ combines two images Bischof made
in Peru just before his untimely death in 1954. By cutting and re-composing the
images, Kolárˇ created what he called a “picture-poem” depicting a small boy
striding over seemingly endless rows of new cars while playing a flute,
offering an ironic comment on economic tensions at the height of the Cold War.
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Utopia/ Dystopia: Construction and Destruction in Photography and Collage," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 March - 10 June, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in ink, recto, lower right corner of image: "JK 60"
Marked in ink, verso, center of sheet: "Jiri Kolar 60"
Marked in pencil, verso, upper right corner: "16 x 23
62 x 53 1716" [1716 is circled]
Marked in ink, verso, center of sheet: "Jiri Kolar 60"
Marked in pencil, verso, upper right corner: "16 x 23
62 x 53 1716" [1716 is circled]
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