Humanists
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Basic information
- ID
- ФотоЛКГ_С-I-21
- Author
- unknown
- Name
- Humanists
- Technique
- gelatin silver roll film negative
Additionally
- Genre
- allegory
- Provenance
- Photographic archive of the Lviv Picture Gallery
Information about author
Object description
The photograph captures the sculptural group "Humanists" by Wacław Szymanowski from the Gallery’s collection. The work, depicting three male figures in long cloaks united by a narrative gesture, belongs to the monumental multi-figure composition "Procession to Wawel Castle" (1911–1912). The plasticity of the work leans towards early 20th-century Symbolist-Secessionist sculpture, with an emphasised expression of faces and hands. The nature of the photography indicates that it was taken for internal museum documentation. The sculptural group is photographed against a neutral, mid-tone background. The undeniable value of this photographic document lies in its record of the work’s history at a certain stage of its existence.
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
