Lot #1092: FRANTISEK DRTIKOL - La priere - Original vintage photogravure

   

Artist: Frantisek Drtikol (Czech, 1883 - 1961).
Title: "La priere [Modernist nude study]".
Medium: Original vintage photogravure.
Date: Composed c1926. Printed 1926.
Dimensions: Image size: 9 5/16 x 7 1/8 in. (237 x 181 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $600
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $800/1,000
Lot Note(s): Signature stamp, lower left recto; studio stamp, verso. Edition unknown, presumed very small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good condition; some foxing upper right.
Comment(s): Drtikol’s nudes show development from pictorialism and symbolism to modern composite pictures of the nude body, with geometric decorations and thrown shadows, where one finds a number of parallels with the avant-garde works of his epoch. These often are reminiscent of Cubism, and at the same time the nudes suggest the kind of movement that was characteristic of the futurism aesthetic. Image copyright © The Estate of Frantisek Drtikol. [25602-1-600-NA]