Hana Jakrlová
Polar Bear Room

Polar Bear Room
ArtistCzech, born 1969
CultureCzech
Titles
  • Polar Bear Room
  • from the series Big Sister
Date2006, printed 2007
PlacePrague, Czech Republic
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 14 1/2 × 21 3/4 in. (36.8 × 55.2 cm)
 Sheet: 15 5/8 × 22 7/8 in. (39.7 × 58.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by James and Franci Neely Crane
Object number2008.125
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, Paris; purchased by MFAH, 2008.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in ink on verso lower left: "Polar Bear Room, Big Sister, Prague 2006 / PRINTED: November 18, 2007"
Signed in ink on verso lower right: "Hana Jakrlova / 3/13"

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