Classic Photographs

František Drtikol

'Portfolio V'

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October 5, 03:30 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 10,000 USD

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František Drtikol

1883 - 1961

'Portfolio V'

(Prague: Odephil Editions for Prague House of Photography, 1996, an edition of 30 plus 5 artist's proofs), a portfolio of 3 pigment prints and 7 gelatin silver prints, each with the 'Odephil Editions, Prague' blindstamp on the image, 3 mounted and 7 hinged to board, each with the portfolio stamp, sequential numbering and edition '7/30' in ink, on the reverse of the print or mount, 1926-37, printed posthumously in 1996; together with printed title/introduction/colophon/plate list, with edition '7/30' in ink. Folio, black cloth with printed cover

images: each 11 ⅜ by 9 in. (28.9 by 22.9 cm.) or the reverse

portfolio box: 20 ½ by 16 ½ in. (52.1 by 41.9 cm.)

The plates are as follows:

I. Composition (Standing Nude), 1927

II. Melancholy Vertical, 1926, from Woman in Light, plate 30

III. Fleeing Arch, 1929, from Woman in Light, plate 44

IV. Upward Thrust, 1929, from Woman in Light, plate 33

V. Composition (Nude with Crossed Poles), 1929

VI. Diagonal, circa 1927, from Woman in Light, plate 27

VII. Composition (Gesture in Oval Light), circa 1927

VIII. Composition (With Two Arches), circa 1929

IX. Snow Wave, before 1938, from Woman in Light (variation), plate 22

X. Composition (with Wooden Figure), circa 1928