Man Kissing Away a Tear
Artist
Jan Saudek
(Czech, born 1935)
Date1966 (printed 1970s)
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 1/4 × 11 1/2 in. (26 × 29.2 cm)
Mat: 17 × 16 in. (43.2 × 40.6 cm)
Mat: 17 × 16 in. (43.2 × 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Helen Kornblum, 2011
Object number2011.23
DescriptionClose view of man’s face in profile, he is kissing child’s cheek, child has a tear on its faceeMuseum Notes
Saudek studied at the School for Industrial Photography in Prague (1950-52) and subsequently worked various jobs (farm worker, stoker) while working privately on his photography. In 1963, a friend lent him a copy of the Museum of Modern Art publication The Family of Man which moved him profoundly and inspired him to take pictures reflecting the human condition. Saudek’s work focuses almost exclusively on people, many of them friends and family, as may be the case with this tender portrait.
On View
Not on view
1978
