Lot #281: FRANTISEK DRTIKOL - La mort - Original vintage photogravure

   

Artist: Frantisek Drtikol (Czech, 1883 - 1961).
Title: "La mort [Modernist nude study]".
Medium: Original vintage photogravure.
Date: Composed c1925. Printed 1925.
Dimensions: Overall size: 9 7/8 x 8 1/4 in. (251 x 210 mm). Image size: 8 13/16 x 7 in. (224 x 178 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $800
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $1,200/1,500
Lot Note(s): Stamped both recto and verso. Edition unknown, presumed very small. High-grade archival paper. Wide margins. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition.
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. [25610-1-800-NA]