Ruze pro Josefa Sudka 1896–1976 (A Rose for Josef Sudek 1896–1976)

Prague: Prague Castle Management / Museum of Decorative Arts, 1996. First edition. Softcover. very good - condition. Large Quarto. 240pp. Original photo-illustrated stiff wraps with black lettering on green spine, in original glassine dustjacket with black lettering on spine. Frontispiece photograph with tissue guard. Edition on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Sudek's birth and the 20th anniversary of his death. "The specific and organic character in working with individual motifs masks the complexity of Sudek's work by an appearance of simplicity and naturalness (similarly, the artist hid his outstanding personality from the public behind the figure of an ordinary if somewhat eccentric man). Thanks to it s apparent simplicity the work mocks a common critical interpretation which interprets an artistic work in categories of a certain programme or movement, which means on the basis of simplified and linear conception of historical progression." (Jaroslav Andel). Profusely illustrated with b/w offset reproductions of 189 striking photographs by Josef Sudek. With forty-four text contributions. Biographic data and bibliography, list of exhibited photographs and exhibition history at rear. Text in Czech and English. Some light wear and creasing of glassine jacket and light yellowing along edges of block, not affecting images.