Lot 9
  • 9

Josef Sudek

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Josef Sudek
  • 'Memories by Air Mail', 1971
  • Signed, dated and inscribed in Czech in pencil in margin
    Collection stamp on verso.
  • Gelatin silver print
  • Image: 24.1 cm x 19.2 cm / paper: 29 x 23.1 cm
Silver print. Signed, titled and dated in pencil in the lower margin. With a former collection stamp on the reverse.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist
Phillips London, Photographs, 7 November, 2013, lot 94

Exhibited

Sudek, Canon Photo Gallery, Geneva, 5 September - 4 October 1978

Literature

Josef Sudek, Le Monde à ma Fenêtre, exh. cat. Jeu de Paume, Milan, 5 Continents Editions, 2016, ill. p.178

Condition

This print is in overall very good condition. With some very light, superficial surface scratches throughout the print, and a minor handling mark in the lower right quadrant, only visible in raking light. With slightly softened corners and edges.
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