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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2010.464
People
Eugen Wiškovský, Czech (Kolín, Czech Republic 1888 - 1964 Prague, Czech Republic)
Title
The Shadow
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1941
Culture
Czech
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/336649

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
10.5 x 14.8 cm (4 1/8 x 5 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: verso, TL, in blue pencil: E Wiskovsky
  • inscription: verso, BL, in pencil: Stin Fuaisi[?]!
  • inscription: verso, TR, in pencil: 1945 [sideways in unknown hand]
  • inscription: verso, R, in pencil: 104/1211

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
The artist, 1941-?, sold?. Vladimir Birgus, Prague, sold; [Janet Sirmon Fine Art, Brooklyn], 2003, sold; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2010.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Rendl Fund for Slavic Art
Accession Year
2010
Object Number
2010.464
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Anna Farova, Eugen Wiskovsky (Prague, 1964), p. 62, b/w repr.

Verification Level

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