Josef Sudek (1896 - 1976)

Tirage argentique d'époque. Signé et daté au crayon dans la marge noire en bas à droite. Au verso, annoté Z cyklu Labyrinty au crayon par le photographe.

De l'artiste directement au propriétaire actuel

Anna Farova, Josef Sudek, Munich, Kehayoff, 1999, ill. pp. 134, 135 et 143 (variantes).

In very good condition. The image only with a small linear indentation (c. 7mm) in the upper right quadrant towards the upper border; a soft handling mark and a crease (c. 3cm) in the lower right quadrant. In the black margins away from the image: two diagonal folds in the upper right corner; a tiny patch of superficial fibre deposit in the upper right margin; a small crease in the lower left margin; a tiny patch of gelatin layer peeling near the upper left edge; a crease (c. 3cm) and soft handling mark near the upper edge at centre. On the reverse with remnants from an earlier mounting , partially discoloured, light skinning to the paper at the lower edge - all of this does not at all affect the recto.
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