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Lot 32
  • 32

Josef Sudek (1896 - 1976)

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Josef Sudek
  • Sans titre, 1949-50
Tirage argentique d'époque. Au verso, annoté à l'encre noire par le photographe.

Provenance

Collection Hana Eliášová-Hausmanová, Prague

Exhibited

 

Condition

This very rich silver print is in very good condition. It has a slightly glossy surface and is printed on stiff, slightly yellow paper with a slightly textured surface. Very light silvering is visible in raking light in the lower right corner and at the right edge. The text on the rverse says: "Martyr apprentice no. 1 - If in 1950, you are as naughty as in 1949, the administrator of the State corporation Sudek shall beat the shit out of you!!!! S. c. administrator J. S. the future boss."
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