Model of Franz Kafka's apartment in Prague by Ellie Sampson
Model of Kafka's apartment in Prague by Ellie Sampson based on a drawing by Hartmut Binder. The Kafka family lived in this apartment in central Prague from 1907. Franz Kafka's own room (which overlooked the Vltava river) is marked in red. Unlike his sisters, Kafka did not have to share a room but his parents had to go through his bedroom to reach the rest of the apartment. The apartment of the Samsa family in Kafka's The Metamorphosis is very similar in layout. Paper/card. Measures 122mm x 627mm x 502mm (h x w x d).
Dates
- Creation: 2024
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- No linguistic content; Not applicable
Conditions Governing Access
Closed.
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. JL 2000].
Shelfmark:
JL 2000
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 24181
Abstract
Model of Franz Kafka's apartment in Prague by Ellie Sampson.
Biographical / Historical
Franz Kafka was born on 3 July 1883 into a German-speaking, Jewish family in Prague in the then Austro-Hungarian Empire. He studied at the Charles University in Prague, graduating in 1906 with a doctorate in law. He spent most of his legal career in the Workers' Accident Insurance Institute from which he retired early on health grounds. He died of tuberculosis on 3 July 1924 at the age of 41.
Ellie Sampson is a freelance model maker and papercut artist based in North London.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Commissioned by the Bodleian Libraries for Kafka: Making of an Icon exhibition, 2024.
- Title
- Catalogue of model of Franz Kafka's apartment in Prague by Ellie Sampson
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Rachael Marsay
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Catalogued with the generous support of the Roy Davids bequest
- Edition statement
- First edition
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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