Lot 74
  • 74

Josef Koudelka (b. 1938)

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Josef Koudelka
  • Jarabina, Czechoslovakia, 1963
Silver print, signed in ink in the margin. Printed before 1978.

Provenance

Galeria La Fototeca, Caracas.
Private Collection, Caracas.

Literature

Koudelka, Josef, Gitans, La fin du voyage, Delpire, Paris, 1975, pl. 6.

Condition

3 approximately horizontal marks have been expertly retouched, the longest being of some 6cm in the area of the image describing the ground, to the viewer's left of the principal subject. The paper is lightly stained yellow, clearly visible in the margin areas, but not in the image areas. The reverse, however, has yellow markings evenly scattered overall.
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