inventory number:
442/1.2/109/35
title: Jerzy Bereś – "Auction" (black and white photo documentation of the artistic action, gallery Pi, Kraków, 28-31.09.1973, taken by Jacek Szmuc), 135 negative, photo no. 35
date: 1973-09-28 - 1973-10-01
type:
silver gelatin negative monochromatic
size:
38.00 x 35.00
additional info: ORWO NP 27, frame number: 52-53
Digitized thanks to the funds from the “Digital Culture 2024” programme of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
Digitized by the Museum of Photography in Krakow
description: Photographic documentation of Jerzy Bereś’s manifestation "Auction" (September 28-31, 1973), made in the PI gallery (Kraszewskiego Street 9, Kraków). The artist is girded with white cloth, and has the inscription "Bereś" painted on his chest. He is kneeling in front of a block of wood and raising a mallet to strike the axe and chop the stump. His face and torso are divided by a vertical line. The material document from the manifestation in the form of a painted loincloth and photographic documentation from the manifestation are currently in the MOCAK collection in Kraków.
this photo is also a part of
copyright Fundacja im. Marii Pinińskiej-Bereś i Jerzego Beresia, 2022 | made by studio
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