Karel Hájek
Hands

Hands
Hands
Hands
ArtistCzech, 1900–1978
CultureCzech
Titles
  • Hands
  • Ruce
Datec. 1935
PlaceCzech Republic
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 15 9/16 × 11 13/16 in. (39.5 × 30 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by David and Stephanie Mundy, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1254
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Manfred Heiting, Malibu, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"A Hard, Merciless Light. The Worker-Photography Movement, 1926-1939," Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, April 5–August 22, 2011.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in green, verso of sheet, and circled in green: "Skupice Rusmé w. 3"
Inscribed in green, verso of sheet: "Darad w. 77"

Inscribed in black, verso of sheet, center: "'Ruce'"
Stamped, verso of sheet: "PHOTO & COPYRIGHT / by KAREL HAJEK / PRAGUE 1-LODECKA 2-CSSR"
The photograph is not signed.

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