Josef Sudek (1896-1976)

Melon, Prague, 1951

Details

Josef Sudek (1896-1976)
Melon, Prague, 1951
pigment print
signed and dated in pencil (margin, recto)
image: 6 ½ x 9 ¾ in. (16.5 x 24.7 cm.)
sheet: 7 ¼ x 9 5/8 in. (18.4 x 24.4 cm.)

Provenance

Anna Fárová (1928-2010) Collection, Prague;
Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, 1996;
Sotheby's, New York, October 14 & 15, 2008, lot 16.

Literature

This print:
Manfred Heiting (ed.), Josef Sudek: The Pigment Prints, 1947-1954, Cinubia, Los Angeles, 1996, pl. 64.

Exhibited

Arles, Recontres Internationales de la Photographie, Josef Sudek: The Pigment Prints, 1947-1954, and travelled to:
Cologne, August Sander Archive, November - December 1995
New York, International Center of Photography, April - June 1996

Lot Essay

I believe that photography loves banal objects, and I love the life of objects... I like to tell stories about the life of inanimate objects, to relate something mysterious...
Josef Sudek

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