ID 1134400
Lot 136 | JOSEF SUDEK (1896–1976)
Estimate value
$ 3 000 – 5 000
Ladislav Sutnar China (tea cups), c. 1928
gelatin silver print
stamped photographer's and Družstevní Práce copyright credit and reproduction limitation and annotated ink (verso); credited, titled, dated on affixed Sir Elton John Photography collection label (frame backing board)
image/sheet: 6 ½ x 9 in. (16.5 x 22.8 cm.)
sheet: 6 5⁄8 x 9 1⁄8 in. (16.8 x 23.1 cm.)
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, October 6, 1994, lot 256;
acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Anna Farova, Josef Sudek: The Window of My Studio, Torst, Prague, 2007, p. 51.
Exhibited
Atlanta, High Museum of Art, Chorus of Light: Photographs from the Sir Elton John Collection, November 4, 2000– January 28, 2001.
London, Tate Modern, The Radical Eye Modernist Photography from the Sir Elton John Collection, November 10, 2016 – Mat 21, 2017.
| Artist: | Josef Sudek (1896 - 1976) |
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| Applied technique: | Gelatin silver print |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Europe, Czech Republic, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Photography |
| Artist: | Josef Sudek (1896 - 1976) |
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| Applied technique: | Gelatin silver print |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Europe, Czech Republic, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Photography |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | ||
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