Josef Sudek. Vyber Fotografii Z Celozivotniho Dila (Choose A Photo From A Lifetime's Work)
Prague: Praha Panorama, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 157 (21)pp. Original black cloth with debossed ruling and debossed S in red on cover, red lettering on spine; in original photo-illustrated dustjacket with black lettering and red facsimile signature on cover. Black endpapers. Photo-illustrated half-title with Sudek facsimile signature in red.
Profusely illustrated with full page b/w photographs throughout and some photographs in text. First Sudek publication publish posthumously in Czechoslovakia, published via the Art and Industry Museum in Prague by his sister. The selection of more than fifty photographs is based on the cycles by which Josef Sudek organized his work. Contains biographical data, publications, exhibition history and list of images at rear. Text in Czech, summary at rear in Czech, German, English and French. Dustjacket with light wear along edges. Starting at half title and following seven pages partially loose from top to middle of page. Good- to very good condition. Item #51265
Price: $75.00