- Object name(s):
- Photography; A man sleeping on a bench, Forbidden City, Peking
- Brief description:
- A man sleeping on a bench, Forbidden City, Peking. A man, wearing a dark jacket and trousers, lies asleep on a bench with a handkerchief placed over his face. Behind him, in a grand doorway, stands a man in uniform. The doorway has open doors with metalwork and panes of glass faced with screens. The interior through the doorway is in total darkness. 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:
- 275
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 376
- Inscription content:
- (black ink, verso) FORBIDDEN CITY BEIJING. CHINA. / H/35/34
- Material:
- Silver print on Agfa Record Rapide semi-gloss paper
- Object name:
- Photography; A man sleeping on a bench, Forbidden City, Peking
- Object number:
- PH632
- 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/8227420b-b55f-36ee-8763-95d7e1785296
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/8227420b-b55f-36ee-8763-95d7e1785296, Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery, CC BY-NC
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