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Jan Saudek
The Target1984

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Six sepia-toned photographs arranged in a 2×3 grid, each showing a white male figure in varied costume and pose against a smoky painted backdrop, with the final image showing only a dark wooden cross shape
Gelatin silver print, full-length studio portrait of a standing figure wearing a dark coat and cap, with cloth wrapped around the face. A bundled sack is secured diagonally across the torso with rope, and metal restraints are visible at the wrists.
Gelatin silver print, full-length portrait of a bearded man standing facing forward, wearing a long heavy overcoat and military-style cap, against a painted studio backdrop with dark, textured lower portion.
Gelatin silver print, full-length portrait of a mustached man standing against a textured wall, wearing an open-necked long-sleeve shirt with suspenders and dark trousers, arms at his sides, facing the camera directly.
Gelatin silver print, three-quarter-length portrait of a bare-chested man standing against a textured, painterly backdrop, eyes closed, a torn white cloth wrapped at his waist, arms at his sides with hands slightly clenched.
Black and white photographic composite, full-length frontal nude male figure with arms outstretched, overlaid with a landscape and textured surface creating a double-exposure effect; visible cracks and surface aging on the print.
Gelatin silver print of a wooden grave cross with a small peaked roof, centered against a mottled gray sky, emerging from a textured ground plane, with a handwritten signature at lower right.
Artist or Maker
Jan Saudek
Title
The Target
Place Made
Czechoslovakia
Date Made
1984
Medium
6 gelatin-silver prints, toned
Dimensions
Image: 8 5/8 × 6 1/2 in. (21.91 × 16.51 cm) Mat: 15 × 12 1/2 in. (38.1 × 31.75 cm)
Credit Line
The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection
Accession Number
AC1992.197.111.1-.6
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography