Bohumil Němec (1912-1985)

Fotoskupina Pěti (1933-1936)

KNIFE (PORTRAIT - REFLECTION)

1930-1934
Vintage gelatin silver print on matte paper. 28,2x20,8 cm. Mounted on exhibition board 44,7x34,9 cm. Stamp of Fotoskupina pěti on the verso, as well as label "ZNOJMO KLUB FOTOGRAFŮ AMATÉRŮ II. VÝSTAVA FOTOGRAFIÍ 1934", dedication in ballpoint to A. Dufek with signature of the artist, name of the artist and other annotations in pencil. Provenance: from the collection of PhDr. Antonín Dufek. Publ. in: Antonín Zezula, Fotoskupina pěti v kontextu české fotografie mezi léty 1918 až 1948, diploma thesis, Brno 2016, p. 58. Another copy is in the collections of The Moravian Gallery in Brno, inv. no. MG8904. Two artist`s retouches and spot in upper left part.