Composition
Artist
František Drtikol
(Czech, 1883 - 1961)
Date1927
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 11 1/4 × 9 1/16 inches (28.58 × 23.02 cm)
Mount: 16 × 11 1/4 inches (40.64 × 28.58 cm)
Mount: 16 × 11 1/4 inches (40.64 × 28.58 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.61
SignedSigned and dated on mount recto, lower right, in pencil: “Drtikol 1927”;
Blind stamp on image recto, lower right corner: “COPYRIGHT / DRTIKOL PRAGUE”
InscribedInscribed on mount verso, top, in black pen: "IV. / Frank Drtikol - Praha II. /
Vodičkova ul 7. / Czechoslovakia / "Composition" / /Pigment/"
MarkingsWhite label adhered to mount verso, lower left, in black type: "41";
On mount verso, bottom, in pencil: "PF116602"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionPortrait of woman behind a stylized arrangement of large geometric forms; only her eyes and forearm are visible from behind the shadows.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
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