Untitled (Street, Vienna)

1933

Edith Tudor-Hart

Associated Names
Edith Tudor-Hart

Artist, British, born Austria-Hungary, 1908 - 1973

This is a photograph of a busy urban street scene with a tram, horse-drawn carts, and early automobiles. The image captures a view from above, showing a city square or intersection paved with cobblestones. A tram occupies part of the road, and alongside it, there are horse-drawn carts loaded with long wooden logs. Several early 20th-century automobiles are parked along the edge of the street. The scene also includes smaller carts and a booth with a sign "Sphinx Benzin." The photograph highlights various modes of transportation of that era and provides insight into daily life and commerce at the time. Shadows add an artistic element to the composition.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Iva Mojzisová-Foltynová

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.8 × 23.5 cm (7 × 9 1/4 in.)
    mount: 33 × 25.5 cm (13 × 10 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2008.103.2

  • Copyright

    ADDITIONAL 3RD PARTY RIGHTS MUST BE CLEARED FOR THIS WORK OF ART

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Iva Mojžišová-Foltynová, Bratislava, Solvak Republic; gift to NGA, 2008.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in ink: Sommertag. 1952; lower right stamped in black ink: FOTO: EDITH SUSCHITZKY / WIEN IV. PETZVALGASSE 4; on verso of mount, by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: Edith Suschitzky/[illegible] BH / [illegible]

Wikidata ID

Q64147056

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