Josef Sudek: Profily 1; Z Praci Mistru CeskoslovenskË Fotografie [COMPLETE]

Book Description

Praha (Prague) Panorama Publisher's 1980 First edition vg 4to. 28 page booklet & 18,[1] loose photographic prints housed in illustrated stiff paper portfolio, protected by mylar jacket. Captivating portfolio with 18 original high quality Bromoil copy prints of work by Czech photographer Josef Sudek (1896-1976). Selected by Josef Prosek, Petr Tausk and Petr Zora from images of the photographer's archive. Inside flap of portfolio with printed list of plates. Booklet bound in stapled wraps, illustrated with 9 b/w reproductions of photographs. Text in Czech, Russian, German, English and French. Closed tear around lower staple, loosening. Printed on glossy paper, includes bibliography and biography. The 18 Bromoil photographic prints (11 1/2" x 8") in near fine condition. (* List of prints below). Each plate printed on verso in 5 languages with title and date. 1 additional loose photographic title print with artist's name. Very minor creasing to tiny parts of edges on some plates. Wraps of exterior paper portfolio slightly creased across parts of spine. Overall very good condition. Fascinating collection of 18 stunning original silver gelatin prints of some of the most important work by one of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. * 1) Nedelni odpoledne na Kolinskem ostrove; 1926 (Sunday afternoon on the Kolin Island). 2) Interier - detail chramu Sv. Vita; 1924 - 1928 (Interior - Detail from St. Vitus' Cathedral). 3) Zatisi se dzbanem; 1926 (Still life with a pitcher). 4) Vyhled z okna meho atelieru (View from my studio-window). 5) Zahradka u pani socharove; 1953 (The garden of a lady sculptor). 6) Okno meho atelieru; 1954 (Window of my studio). 7) Poupe bile ruze; 1954 (White Rose bud). 8) Kyticka lucnich kvetin (Bunch of Meadow Flowers). 9) Zahradka na kterou se divam; 1955 (The garden I am watching). 10) Zatsi se suchymi listy; 1956 (Still life with dead leaves). 11) Zatisi podle Caravaggia; 1959 (Still life after Caravaggio). 12) V kouzelne zahradce; 1959 (In the magic garden). 13) Z cyklu "Sklenene labyrinty; 1968 (From the cycle "Glass Labyrinths"). 14) Z cyklu "Sklenene labyrinty (From the cycle "Glass Labyrinths"). 15) Stredohori; 1955 (Central Bohemian Highland). 16) V kouzelne zahradce; 1955 (In the magic garden). 17) Z cyklu "Prazske zahrady" - Hradcany z Lobkovicke zahrady; 1956 (From the cycle "Prague Gardens" - The Castle from the Lobkowitz garden). 18) Krajina u Melnika u privozu; 1964 (Landscape at Melnik at the ferry)

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