Still Life: Shell and Eye

1948, printed 1955

Josef Sudek

Associated Names
Josef Sudek

Artist, Czech, 1896 - 1976

The image depicts a large, spiraled shell in the central left portion, with a round, pupil-like object in the upper right corner. The color palette is monochrome, with varying shades of gray emphasizing the texture and curves of the shell.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Brenda and Robert Edelson Collection, Baltimore, MD; purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1997; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2007

  • Modernism: Designing a New World 1914–1939, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 17 – July 29, 2007

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right below image in black ink: Sudek / 55; on verso, upper center in graphite: Z cyklu / vzpomínky / 1948-64; by unknown hand, top left: c17; top center left: P8; bottom left: SG/752/Y; bottom center left: 12; bottom center circled: 29; bottom right: 19-36

Wikidata ID

Q64156083

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