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Padhi Frieberger (1931 – 2016)
Untitled (Group playing music in front of the house), Lower Austria, »Weinviertel«, district Mistelbach, Ernstbrunn or Haggenberg Castle, ca. 1965
Item number 063-00242
Known for his object art, performative sessions and postcard collages, Padhi Frieberger also pursued his artistic interests in numerous photographic stagings with children. These were increasingly created from 1964 onwards, when Padhi's sister and her son Walter – "Jawo" – stayed with the artist at Haggenberg Castle for some time. In this photograph, Jawo with a self-made wind instrument can be seen behind a seated man. The setting combines planned staging and composition with the aesthetics of a snapshot (note the scene in the picture axis with the boy turning upwards to the woman at the window, while below a dog's profile protrudes into the frame).
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Vintage Gelatin silver print
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Image dimensions 31 x 30 cm (31 x 30 inch)
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Object dimensions 34,9 x 30 cm (34,9 x 30 inch)
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Condition
Semi-matt paper, in very good condition -
Annotations
Signed by the artist in black felt-tip pen and numbered »111« in blue ink on the reverse -
Prints / Austrian Photography / Fotokulturerbe Österreichs / Inszenierte Fotografie / Kind / Kunst /