DRTIKOL, Frantisek (1883-1961). Zena ve Svetle . [Woman in Light.] Prague: E. Beaufort, 1930. 8º (240 x 170 mm). 46 black and white photographs. Original orange cloth, original photo-illustrated dust jacket (very small chips at corners and light wear on the front fold).
DRTIKOL, Frantisek (1883-1961). Zena ve Svetle . [Woman in Light.] Prague: E. Beaufort, 1930. 8º (240 x 170 mm). 46 black and white photographs. Original orange cloth, original photo-illustrated dust jacket (very small chips at corners and light wear on the front fold). FIRST EDITION, IN AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THE RARE DUST-JACKET. A remarkable survival in this condition, wholly unrestored and among the best yet offered at auction. With this book Drtikol moved 'into his own modernist style of photography that prefigured and influenced the emerging Bauhaus aesthetic' (101 Books). 101 Books , pp.64-65; Books of Nudes , pp.80-1; The Open Book , pp. 94-95; The Photobook , p.79 ('a handsome and well-designed book').
DRTIKOL, Frantisek (1883-1961). Zena ve Svetle . [Woman in Light.] Prague: E. Beaufort, 1930. 8º (240 x 170 mm). 46 black and white photographs. Original orange cloth, original photo-illustrated dust jacket (very small chips at corners and light wear on the front fold).
DRTIKOL, Frantisek (1883-1961). Zena ve Svetle . [Woman in Light.] Prague: E. Beaufort, 1930. 8º (240 x 170 mm). 46 black and white photographs. Original orange cloth, original photo-illustrated dust jacket (very small chips at corners and light wear on the front fold). FIRST EDITION, IN AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THE RARE DUST-JACKET. A remarkable survival in this condition, wholly unrestored and among the best yet offered at auction. With this book Drtikol moved 'into his own modernist style of photography that prefigured and influenced the emerging Bauhaus aesthetic' (101 Books). 101 Books , pp.64-65; Books of Nudes , pp.80-1; The Open Book , pp. 94-95; The Photobook , p.79 ('a handsome and well-designed book').
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