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Josef Sudek
White Flask and Eggcirca 1950

Not on view
Sepia-toned photograph of a tall white ceramic jug with a small loop handle and a single egg on a reflective surface, set against a textured, smudged backdrop

Josef Sudek, White Flask and Egg, circa 1950, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Josef Sudek
Title
White Flask and Egg
Place Made
Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Date Made
circa 1950
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 11 7/16 × 9 in. (29 × 22.9 cm) Primary support: 14 15/16 × 11 11/16 in. (37.9 × 29.7 cm) Mat: 24 × 20 in. (60.96 × 50.8 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.2165
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Salvesen, Britt. See the Light: Photography, Perception, Cognition: the Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2013.
Copyright
Josef Sudek © Gabina & Isabela Fárová