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Object name(s):
Photography; Pedestrians in a subway, Peking, China
Brief description:
Pedestrians in a subway, Peking, China; foreground, a tiled floor and a reflective ceiling with spot lights; middleground, on the left, a group of figures conversing, on the right, figures walking; background, a figure descending a broad flight of steps. Black and white image with a range of tones
Collection:
Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
Acquisition date:
1990
Acquisition funding source:
Catherine Lewis Trust
Acquisition method:
Purchase
Dimension:
Width
Dimension value:
375
Dimension:
Height
Dimension value:
259
Inscription content:
(black ink, verso) SUBWAY. BEIJING. CHINA. / H/33/7
Material:
Silver print on Agfa Record Rapide semi-gloss paper
Object name:
Photography; Pedestrians in a subway, Peking, China
Object number:
PH634
Object production date:
1980
Date - association:
C
Date - earliest / single:
1980
Date - latest:
1990
Object production person:
Rudy Lewis
Person's association:
Artist/Maker
Person's biographical note:
Photographer. Worked as a technician at the School of Art, 1990-2001. He lives and works in Aberystwyth but has photographed people and places in the USA, South America, East Africa, the Himalayas, India and the Far East. He had a one-man show at Aberystwyth Arts Centre in 1991
Person's birth date:
1939
Person's forenames:
Rudy
Person's place of birth:
UK, Wales, Aberystwyth
Person's surname:
Lewis
Object production place:
UK, Wales, Aberystwyth
Owner:
The artist
Organisation's association:
Object source
Responsible department/section:
Photography

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/8d032f5e-496d-3801-8ae4-2d6eea21456d

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/8d032f5e-496d-3801-8ae4-2d6eea21456d, Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery, CC BY-NC

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