Lot #416: FRANTISEK DRTIKOL - Nu courbé - Original vintage sepia-toned photogravure

 

Artist: Frantisek Drtikol (Czech, 1883 - 1961).
Title: "Nu courbé [Modernist nude study]".
Medium: Original vintage sepia-toned photogravure.
Date: Composed c1925. Printed 1925.
Dimensions: Image size: 8 3/8 x 6 1/4 in. (213 x 159 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $600
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $800/1,000
Lot Note(s): Stamped 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. [27552-2-600-NA]