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Auction archive: Lot number 62

FRANTIZEK DRTIKOL

Photo Books
31 May 2007
Estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
ca. US$23,796 - US$35,694
Price realised:
£28,800
ca. US$57,110
Auction archive: Lot number 62

FRANTIZEK DRTIKOL

Photo Books
31 May 2007
Estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
ca. US$23,796 - US$35,694
Price realised:
£28,800
ca. US$57,110
Beschreibung:

FRANTIZEK DRTIKOL
FRANTIZEK DRTIKOL Les Nus de Drtikol -- Nudes by Drtikol . Paris: A. Calavas Librairie des Arts Décoratifs, 1929. Folio (395 x 297mm). 30 black and white gravures, loose as issued. Original grey boards portfolio, original printed paper label on front cover (re-backed in cloth, minor, expert repairs at the corners). FIRST EDITION. A VERY GOOD COPY OF ONE OF THE RAREST AND FINEST PHOTOBOOKS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. 'Drtikol's work peaked in the years 1927-1929, when he created an exceptional number of masterpieces' (Birgus). He was recognised internationally in the 1920s as a preeminent photographer of nudes, for which he won a number of awards. Birgus, Czech Photographic Avant-Garde 1918-1948 , p.39; Regards à travers le livre 28.

Auction archive: Lot number 62
Auction:
Datum:
31 May 2007
Auction house:
Christie's
31 May 2007, London, King Street
Beschreibung:

FRANTIZEK DRTIKOL
FRANTIZEK DRTIKOL Les Nus de Drtikol -- Nudes by Drtikol . Paris: A. Calavas Librairie des Arts Décoratifs, 1929. Folio (395 x 297mm). 30 black and white gravures, loose as issued. Original grey boards portfolio, original printed paper label on front cover (re-backed in cloth, minor, expert repairs at the corners). FIRST EDITION. A VERY GOOD COPY OF ONE OF THE RAREST AND FINEST PHOTOBOOKS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. 'Drtikol's work peaked in the years 1927-1929, when he created an exceptional number of masterpieces' (Birgus). He was recognised internationally in the 1920s as a preeminent photographer of nudes, for which he won a number of awards. Birgus, Czech Photographic Avant-Garde 1918-1948 , p.39; Regards à travers le livre 28.

Auction archive: Lot number 62
Auction:
Datum:
31 May 2007
Auction house:
Christie's
31 May 2007, London, King Street
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