Germany, from the series "Exiles"
1979 · Gelatin silver print
Image: 53.9 × 36 cm (21 1/4 × 14 3/16 in.); Paper: 60.8 × 50.5 cm (23 15/16 × 19 15/16 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Josef Koudelka
1938
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166
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Contemporary Photography Reinstallation
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1986
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Reinstallation of the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1980
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Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1979
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Josef Koudelka
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1975
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Photography: Recent Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1973
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Josef Koudelka is a Czech photographer whose raw, high-contrast black-and-white images document displacement, exile, and the rupture of communities under political upheaval. His coverage of the 1968 Soviet invasion of Prague, initially published anonymously, remains among the most visceral photographic records of Cold War-era resistance.
Source: Pace Gallery · Trust score: 100% · Updated 2mo ago
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