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Lot 48
  • 48

Josef Sudek (1896 - 1976)

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Josef Sudek
  • The Magic Garden during a Summer Shower, 1954-59
Tirage argentique d'époque. Tirage contact. Signé Sudek au crayon dans la marge noire inférieure à droite.

Provenance

Du photographe directement au propriétaire actuel

Literature

Sonja Bullaty, Sudek, New York, Clarkson N. Potter, 1978, ill. p. 38;
Josef Sudek. Poet of Prague, New York, Aperture, 1990, ill. p. 66;
Anna Fárová, Josef Sudek, Munich, Kehayoff, 1999, ill. p. 318.

Condition

In very good condition. The print is very rich and has a wonderful semi-matte slighlty structured surface. Heavy weight, slightly yellow paper. a The edges and corners are partially very slightly worn, with one worn spot at the centre of the lower edge. The reverse show remnante of an earlier mounting.
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