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Auction archive: Lot number 89

Josef Sudek

Photographs
17 May 2012
Estimate
£7,000 - £9,000
ca. US$11,138 - US$14,320
Price realised:
£10,000
ca. US$15,911
Auction archive: Lot number 89

Josef Sudek

Photographs
17 May 2012
Estimate
£7,000 - £9,000
ca. US$11,138 - US$14,320
Price realised:
£10,000
ca. US$15,911
Beschreibung:

Josef Sudek Labyrinth of Spring 1968 Gelatin silver print. 22.5 × 28.7 cm (8 7/8 × 11 1/4 in) Signed, titled, dated '1973' and inscribed in Czech in pencil in the margin; collection stamp on the verso.
Provenance Private Collection, Europe Exhibited Geneva, Canon Photo Gallery, Sudek, 5 September–4 October 1978 Literature A. Favora, J. Sudek, Poet of Prague: A Photographer’s Life, New York: Aperture, 1990, pp. 62–3, there titled ‘Glass Labyrinths, 1968–74’ Z. Kirschner, Josef Sudek New York: Takarajima Books, 1993, pl. 224 Catalogue Essay JOSEF SUDEK (Lots 78 - 91) “If you take photography seriously you must also get interested in another art form. For me it is music. This listening to music shows up in my work like a reflection in a mirror. I relax and the world looks less unpleasant, and I can see that all around there is beauty, such as music.” (Josef Sudek (Please refer to the sale catalogue for the full version of the essay). Read More

Auction archive: Lot number 89
Auction:
Datum:
17 May 2012
Auction house:
Phillips
London
Beschreibung:

Josef Sudek Labyrinth of Spring 1968 Gelatin silver print. 22.5 × 28.7 cm (8 7/8 × 11 1/4 in) Signed, titled, dated '1973' and inscribed in Czech in pencil in the margin; collection stamp on the verso.
Provenance Private Collection, Europe Exhibited Geneva, Canon Photo Gallery, Sudek, 5 September–4 October 1978 Literature A. Favora, J. Sudek, Poet of Prague: A Photographer’s Life, New York: Aperture, 1990, pp. 62–3, there titled ‘Glass Labyrinths, 1968–74’ Z. Kirschner, Josef Sudek New York: Takarajima Books, 1993, pl. 224 Catalogue Essay JOSEF SUDEK (Lots 78 - 91) “If you take photography seriously you must also get interested in another art form. For me it is music. This listening to music shows up in my work like a reflection in a mirror. I relax and the world looks less unpleasant, and I can see that all around there is beauty, such as music.” (Josef Sudek (Please refer to the sale catalogue for the full version of the essay). Read More

Auction archive: Lot number 89
Auction:
Datum:
17 May 2012
Auction house:
Phillips
London
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