Accession Number
1980/1.143

Title
Untitled (Pracoviste)

Artist(s)
Josef Sudek

Artist Nationality
Czech (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
circa 1955-1965

Medium & Support
gelatin silver print on paper

Dimensions
5 3/4 in x 15 1/4 in (14.61 cm x 38.7 cm);18 1/16 in x 22 1/8 in (45.86 cm x 56.2 cm)

Credit Line
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art

Subject matter
This photograph depicts a panoramic view of a suburban park after a recent rainfall. The elongated horizontal composition is centered on the meeting of two paths, one a straight, paved walkway, and the other a trodden dirt clearing. The paved path on the left slopes down a hill towards the viewer, its surface slick with recent rainfall. It terminates at the wide dirt clearing, which extends across the right side of the composition and winds through a copse of trees. In between these two walkways are long expanses of dark grass, punctuated intermittently by young trees. In the distance, a couple of figures stroll down the dirt path, a pile of lumber lies on the ground at the left. Reflecting in depressions in the earth, a smattering of puddles shine on the ground. In the upper left of the image the sun breaks through the rainclouds. In the right of the image can be seen the distant spires and rooftops of the city of Prague, their forms still shrouded in the mirk of the storm.

Physical Description
This photograph depicts a panoramic view of two paths running through a suburban park. In the distance a couple of figures stroll by trees.

Primary Object Classification
Photograph

Collection Area
Photography

Rights
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Keywords
Atmospheric effects
Cityscapes
Figures
modern and contemporary art
panoramas
parks (grounds)
parks (recreation areas)
paths
rain
road
skylines
streets
trees