Artwork
Untitled
Untitled is a photographic photography by Celda Kloucek. It is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
Overview
This untitled black-and-white photograph by Celda Kloucek is part of the Victoria and Albert Museum's Archive of Art and Design.
Subject & Meaning
The image depicts a building, likely a former bank, featuring a relief sculpture of a crowned woman in flowing robes holding a bouquet, with the building's original signage still visible.
History & Provenance
The photograph was received by William Kineton Parkes in response to a questionnaire he distributed to sculptors in the 1920s, and was later bequeathed to the museum in 1938 as part of his collection.
Artist & collection
Artist
This woman carried a tiny camera everywhere, shooting black-and-white snippets of everyday life in 1950s Prague—shopfronts, faces in trams, half-caught gestures.
