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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.458
People
Josef Sudek, Czech (Kolín, Bohemia (now Czech Republic) 1896 - 1976 Prague, Czech Republic)
Title
Candles Still Life
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1933
Culture
Czech
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/339110

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
photograph: 11.5 x 15.8 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.)
with mount: 20.9 x 19.5 cm (8 1/4 x 7 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • caption: Verso, mount, C, typewritten caption: J. Sudek: motiv vánočních pohlednic 1933.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
The artist, Prague (1933 - ?). [Charles A. Hartman Fine Art, Portland, OR], sold; Private collector, sold; through [Janet Sirmon Fine Art, Los Angeles], 2011, sold; to Busch-Reisinger Museum.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Rendl Fund for Slavic Art
Copyright
© I&G Fárová Heirs
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2011.458
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Anna Farova, Josef Sudek (Munich, Germany), p. 59 (variant)

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1500 Art in Germany Between the Wars (Expressionism-Interwar), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/10/2016 - 01/25/2016

Verification Level

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