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Artist/Maker
Pavel Banka
(Czech, born 1941)
Publisher
Light Work, Syracuse, NY
Date1985
MediumPlatinum print
DimensionsImage: 11 1/8 × 8 7/8 in. (28.3 × 22.5 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/8 × 10 13/16 in. (33.3 × 27.5 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, The Wynant J. Williams '35 Art Collection Fund
Object number2020.8.25
Not on view
Description“Pavel Banka was an Artist-in-Residence at Light Work in September 1987 and the first European artist to participate in the fifteen-year old program. This was Banka’s second trip to the United States from his native Prague, Czechoslovakia where he makes a living as a commercial photographer. He explained that it was a great privilege, that many Czechs will never experience leaving their country more than once in a lifetime. As though he might only have one month left to live, Banka set out to photograph American people and continue his dramatic studio series with models.”
— Gina Murtagh
(SOURCE: Light Work, Syracuse, NY)
Additional Details
Provenance
2020: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by purchase from Light Work, Syracuse, NY.
Markings
No markings noted.
Signature
Signed and dated "Pavel Banka 1985" at lower right in pencil.
Inscribed
No inscriptions noted.
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