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Josef Koudelka

Josef Koudelka

1938

WA-00000301

Photography

Representation

None documented

7

Institutional Exhibitions

67

Works in Collection

166

Assets Indexed

9

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

60%

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Authority Records (1)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Contemporary Photography Reinstallation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

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Reinstallation of the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980

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Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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Josef Koudelka

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1975

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Photography: Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1973

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Photographs of Women

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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Steichen Gallery Reinstallation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

Field Verification (4 fields)

4 cross-verified · 0 single-source

NationalityWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%✓
LocationArtsy + Gallery Pace+1· 85%✓
Birth yearArtsy + Gallery Pace· 92%✓
Primary mediumWikidata· 92%✓

Source Registry (3)

Pace-Galleryhttps://www.pacegallery.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/josef-koudelka
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3229
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Josef Koudelka is a Czech photographer whose raw, high-contrast black-and-white images document displacement, exile, and the rupture of communities under political upheaval. His coverage of the 1968 Soviet invasion of Prague, initially published anonymously, remains among the most visceral photographic records of Cold War-era resistance.

Source: Pace Gallery · Trust score: 100% · Updated 2mo ago

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Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (67)

Germany, from the series "Exiles"

Germany, from the series "Exiles"

1979 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 53.9 × 36 cm (21 1/4 × 14 3/16 in.); Paper: 60.8 × 50.5 cm (23 15/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Wales

1977 · Gelatin silver print

8 × 11 3/4" (20.3 × 29.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Masked Carnival Reveler in White Costume, Basel, Switzerland

1976 · gelatin silver print on resin-coated paper

Image: 20 x 13.3 cm (7 7/8 x 5 1/4 in.); Paper: 25.2 x 20.1 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

England

1973 · Gelatin silver print

9 5/16 × 14 1/8" (23.9 × 36.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spain

1973 · Gelatin silver print

14 1/8 × 9 7/16" (36.0 × 24.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

France

1973 · Gelatin silver print

9 3/8 × 14 1/8" (23.9 × 36.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spain

1973 · Gelatin silver print

9 7/16 × 14 1/8" (24 × 35.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ireland, from the series "Exiles"

Ireland, from the series "Exiles"

1972 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 35 × 54 cm (13 13/16 × 21 5/16 in.); Paper: 50.4 × 60.9 cm (19 7/8 × 24 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ireland

1972 · Gelatin silver print

9 7/16 × 14 1/8" (24.0 × 36.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spain

1972 · Gelatin silver print

9 7/16 × 14 1/8" (24.0 × 36.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spain

1971 · Gelatin silver print

9 7/16 × 14 1/8" (24.0 × 36.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ireland

1971 · Gelatin silver print

9 3/8 × 14 1/8" (23.9 × 36.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ireland

1971 · Gelatin silver print

14 1/8 × 9 1/2" (36.0 × 24.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spain

1971 · Gelatin silver print

9 7/16 × 14 1/8" (24.0 × 36.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Czechoslovakia, from the series "Exiles"

Czechoslovakia, from the series "Exiles"

1968 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 34.5 × 54.4 cm (13 5/8 × 21 7/16 in.); Paper: 50.4 × 60.9 cm (19 7/8 × 24 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

(Proč lidé umírali [Why did people die])

(Proč lidé umírali [Why did people die])

1968 · Gelatin silver print

19.4 × 30.2 cm (7 11/16 × 11 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Roumania

1968 · Gelatin silver print

14 × 21 3/8" (35.6 × 54.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Rumania

1968 · Gelatin silver print

8 1/2 × 13" (21.6 × 33.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Roznava District

Roznava District

1968 · Gelatin silver print

8 1/2 × 12 3/4" (21.6 × 32.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Czechoslovakia

1968 · Gelatin silver print

9 1/8 × 14 1/8" (23.2 × 36.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Josef Koudelka, Cikáni

Josef Koudelka, Cikáni

1967 · Offset lithograph poster

Image/paper: 80 × 52.5 cm (31 1/2 × 20 11/16 in.); frame: 81.3 × 53.6 × 3.1 cm (32 1/16 × 21 1/8 × 1 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Josef Koudelka, Cikáni

Josef Koudelka, Cikáni

1967 · Brochure

Overall: 30.3 × 53.5 cm (11 15/16 × 21 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bardejov

1967 · Gelatin silver print

13 × 8 3/8" (33.0 × 21.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Slovakia (Rakúsy), from the series "Gypsies (Cikáni)"

Slovakia (Rakúsy), from the series "Gypsies (Cikáni)"

1966 · Gelatin silver print

41.8 × 54.4 cm (16 1/2 × 21 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (4)

67 published of 103 catalogued · 99 with image

MoMA
36 publishedof 72 catalogued72 img
Art Institute Chicago
27 published27 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published
The Met
2 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Masked Carnival Reveler in White Costume, Basel, Switzerland
1976 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Slovakia (Jarabina), from the series "Gypsies (Cikáni)" (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Slovakia (Jarabina), from the series "Gypsies (Cikáni)" (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Slovakia (Jarabina), from the series "Gypsies (Cikáni)" (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Slovakia (Jarabina), from the series "Gypsies (Cikáni)" (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Slovakia (Jarabina), from the series "Gypsies (Cikáni)" (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Slovakia (Jarabina), from the series "Gypsies (Cikáni)" (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Slovakia (Jarabina), from the series "Gypsies (Cikáni)" (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Collections3

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago