Josef Koudelka

signed by the photographer in ink in the margin, annotated in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse, matted, framed, 1973, printed later (Koudelka, p. 114)

This photograph, on double-weight textured paper, is in generally excellent condition. In raking light, there are 2 small nicks along the upper edge and one pinpoint indentation on the right edge, none of which affects the image. All four corners are bumped. There are 2 small scratches in the margin along the right edge of the paper, which do not affect the image.
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