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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2007.
Capek's monument
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2007.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2007.

Capek's monument

Artist Josef Sudek (Czech, 1896 - 1976)
CultureCzechoslovakian
Dateca. 1940
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 4 7/16 × 7 1/8 in. (11.3 × 18.1 cm)
Overall, Support: 4 11/16 × 7 3/8 in. (11.9 × 18.7 cm)
Overall, Mat: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
InscribedStamped and titled in ink on verso
Credit LineGift of Dr. Stephen Nicholas
Object number2006.18.25
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a vintage gelatin silver print of a monument on the top of a grassy hill. There are rocks on the hill and clouds in the sky.

ProvenanceDr. Stephen Nicholas [via guidance of Michael Mattis], Scarsdale, NY; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, Gift of Dr. Stephen Nicholas, 2006.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2007.
Josef Sudek
ca. 1949
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2007.
Josef Sudek
ca. 1940
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2007.
Josef Sudek
ca. 1940
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2007.
Josef Sudek
ca. 1940
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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.
Paul Caponigro
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.
William Brooks Clift
1973