Josef Sudek | Silent Night | 1961 | Gitterman Gallery Web Site

František Drtikol, Composition, 1930
Vintage gelatin silver print, 10 1/4 x 8 3/16 in. (26 x 20.8 cm)
Mounted 15 13/16 x 11 13/16 inches. Signed and dated in pencil on mount recto with photographer's embossed stamp on print recto; Photographer's name, address, title and 'IX" in ink and various notations in pencil with salon label from Uruguay and label from Art Institute of Seattle 1930 photographic exhibit affixed to mount verso.
8419
$35,000

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František Drtikol, Composition, 1930

Vintage gelatin silver print, 10 1/4 x 8 3/16 in. (26 x 20.8 cm)

Mounted 15 13/16 x 11 13/16 inches. Signed and dated in pencil on mount recto with photographer's embossed stamp on print recto; Photographer's name, address, title and 'IX" in ink and various notations in pencil with salon label from Uruguay and label from Art Institute of Seattle 1930 photographic exhibit affixed to mount verso.

8419

$35,000

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František Drtikol, Composition, 1931

Vintage gelatin silver print, 10 15/16 x 8 9/16 in. (27.8 x 21.8 cm)

8422

^{Mounted 15 5/16 x 10 7/16; titled and dated in pencil on mount recto; title, address and date with "24" and other notations in pencil on mount verso.}
^{Illustrated: Birgus, Vladimir. The Photographer Frantisek Drtikol. Prague: Kant, 2000, p. 116 (variant).}

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František Drtikol, Soul, 1930

Vintage gelatin silver print, 11 1/4 x 8 15/16 in. (28.6 x 22.7 cm)

8446

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^{Mounted 18 13/16 x 12 13/16 inches; Signed and dated in pencil on mount recto.}
^{Illustrated: Birgus, Vladimir. The Photographer Frantisek Drtikol. Prague: Kant, 2000, p. 115.}

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František Drtikol, Composition, c. 1930

Vintage gelatin silver print, 10 3/4 x 8 5/8 in. (27.3 x 21.9 cm)

8423

^{Mounted 13 3/4 x 11 1/8 inches; signed in pencil on mount verso with photographer's embossed stamp on print recto; notations in pencil on mount verso.}

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František Drtikol, Untitled, c. 1927

Vintage pigment print, carbon, 8 7/8 x 11 1/4 in. (22.5 x 28.6 cm)

Mounted.

4147

$45,000

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František Drtikol, Untitled, 1927

Vintage pigment print, carbon, 11 5/16 x 8 1/4 in. (28.7 x 21 cm)

5078

$80,000

^{Mounted: 19 5/8 x 13 inches. Signed and dated in pencil on mount verso with photographer's blind stamp on print recto.}
^{Illustrated: Birgus, Vladimir. The Photographer Frantisek Drtikol. Prague: Kant, 2000, p. 46.}

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František Drtikol, Untitled, c. 1923-29

Vintage gelatin silver print, 11 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (28.9 x 22.5 cm)

Numeric notation in pencil on print verso.

8424

$50,000

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František Drtikol, Kruh a PÅ™Ámky, 1926

Vintage pigment print, carbon, 11 1/4 x 9 3/16 in. (28.6 x 23.3 cm)

(Circle and Lines)
Mounted 16 3/8 x 12 inches. Signed and dated in pencil on mount recto; Photographer's name, address, title and â€œPigmentâ€ and â€œVIâ€ in ink and various notations in pencil with 1928 salon label from Bessarabia affixed to mount verso. Illustrated in Drtikol, FrantiÅ¡ek. Å½ena ve SvÄ›tle [Woman in Light]. Prague: E. Beaufort, 1930, pl. 9. [as mirror image, silver print]

8420

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František Drtikol, Untitled, c. 1923â€“29

Vintage gelatin silver print, 8 1/16 x 11 9/16 in. (20.5 x 29.4 cm)

7630

$43,000

^{Mounted with the artist's blind stamp on mount recto.}

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Josef Sudek, The Last Rose of Summer, from The Window of My Studio, 1956

Gelatin silver print; printed c. 1960s-73, 11 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (29.2 x 23.5 cm)

Signed, annotated "Mi Lorain, Reprime" and dated "12/IX/73" in ink, in black margin recto.

5801

Illustrated: Josef Sudek: An Overview. New York: Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, pl. 31. Kirschner, Zdenek. Sudek. New York: Takarajima Books, 1993, plate 160. Josef Sudek (The Spanish Edition). Buenos Aires: Zagier & Urruty, 2008, front cover illustration.

Provenance: From the photographer to "Lorain", 1973; Baruch Gallery, Chicago; Private Collection.

Exhibitions: Gainesville, Florida, The Harn Museum of Art, Modern Czech Photography: Selected Visions, August 21 - October 23, 1994.

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Josef Sudek, The Window of My Studio, 1940-1954

Vintage gelatin silver print, 15 5/16 x 9 3/16 in. (38.9 x 23.3 cm)

7575

^{Signed and titled in Czech in pencil on print verso.}
^{Illustrated: Farova, Anna. Joseph Sudek. Prague: Torst, 1995, p. 91.}

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Josef Sudek, On the Windowsill of My Studio, 1944

Gelatin silver print; printed c. 1960s, 11 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. (29.9 x 25.1 cm)

5802

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^{Signed “Sudek” in pencil on print recto.}
^{Illustrated: Josef Sudek: Poet of Prague - A Photographer's Life. New York: Aperture, 2005, p. 72 (reversed). Josef Sudek: The Pigment Prints 1947-1954. Los Angeles: Cinubia, 1994, pl. 72 (as pigment print). Josef Sudek: The Window of My Studio. Prague: Torst, p. 75.}

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Josef Sudek, The Window of My Studio, 1950

Vintage gelatin silver print, 9 x 6 9/16 in. (22.9 x 16.7 cm)

8428

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^{Signed and inscribed and dated in ink and numerical notation in pencil on print verso.}

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Josef Sudek, The Window of My Studio, 1952

Vintage pigment print, 8 11/16 x 6 13/16 in. (22.1 x 17.3 cm)

7880

$28,000

^{Tipped to original single-ply mount. With an original single-ply overmat.}
^{Illustrated: Josef Sudek: The Pigment Prints 1947-1954. Los Angeles: Cinubia, 1994, pl. 18. Fárová, Anna. Josef Sudek: The Window of My Studio. Torst, Prague, 2007, pl. 66.}

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Josef Sudek, The Window of My Studio, c. 1960s

Vintage gelatin silver print, 8 13/16 x 6 9/16 in. (22.4 x 16.7 cm)

8427

^{Signed in pencil on print recto; nations in pencil on print verso.}

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Josef Sudek, The Window of My Studio, c. 1960s

Vintage gelatin silver print, 5 5/8 x 4 7/16 in. (14.3 x 11.3 cm)

8432

^{Signed with Christmas and New Years greetings from Sudek and his sister in ink and notations in pencil on print verso.}

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Josef Sudek, Silent Night, 1961

Vintage gelatin silver print, 11 9/16 x 15 1/8 in. (29.4 x 38.4 cm)

8425

$20,000

^{Titled and dated with notations in pencil on print verso.}

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Josef Sudek, The front of My Studio, c. 1960s

Vintage gelatin silver print, 6 9/16 x 4 1/2 in. (16.7 x 11.4 cm)

8431

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^{Signed with inscription in Czech "For your name day accept our honest congratulation, all the best" and dated "22.4.76" in ink with notations in pencil on print verso.
(Signed April 22, 4 months before his death on September 15, 1976.)}

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Josef Sudek, Prague Castle from Lobkowicz gardens, c. 1954-59

Vintage/early gelatin silver print, 11 1/4 x 3 7/16 in. (28.6 x 8.7 cm)

8430

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^{Signed and inscribed with notations in pencil on print verso.
Illustrated: Sudek, Josef. Praha Panoramticka. Statni Nakladatelstvi Krasne Literatury Hudby A Umeni, 1959, p. 287.}

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Josef Sudek, Glass and bottle, 1950-54

Gelatin silver print, 8 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. (21.9 x 15.9 cm)

8429

^{Titled in Czech with date and notations in pencil on print verso.}
^{Illustrated: Sudek, Josef. Josef Sudek Fotografie. Prague: Statni Nakladatelstvi Krase Literatury, 1956, p. 186 [titled glass and dated 1950-54]. Josef Sudek: The Pigment Prints 1947-1954. Los Angeles: Cinubia, 1994, pl. 153 [as pigment print].}

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Josef Sudek, Untitled, from the Glass Labyrinths series, 1968-72

Vintage gelatin silver print, 8 15/16 x 11 5/16 in. (22.7 x 28.7 cm)

8426

^{Signed with stylus on print recto.}
^{Vertical variant illustrated: Fárová, Anna. Josef Sudek. Torst, Prague, 1995, p. 381.}

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Josef Sudek, Untitled, from the Glass Labyrinths series, 1968-72

Vintage gelatin silver print, 11 5/16 x 9 in. (28.7 x 22.9 cm)

8452

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^{Provenance: Sudek; musician in Europe; to friend - Joseph Stirling's first wife; private collection [via Stephen Daiter Gallery].}

Jaromír Funke, Untitled, from the series Cas trvá (Time Persists), 1932
Gelatin silver print; printed 1943, 15 1/4 x 11 5/16 in. (38.7 x 28.7 cm)
8414

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Jaromír Funke, Untitled, from the series Cas trvá (Time Persists), 1932

Gelatin silver print; printed 1943, 15 1/4 x 11 5/16 in. (38.7 x 28.7 cm)

8414

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František Drtikol, Judith and Holofernes, 1925

Vintage gelatin silver print, 10 5/8 x 8 3/4 in. (27 x 22.2 cm)

8418

^{Mounted 18 5/8 x 12 3/8 in.; Signed and dated in pencil on mount recto with photographer's embossed stamp on print recto; various notations in pencil on mount verso.}

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