Various authors

FOTOGRAFIE 1928-1958

1959
Book format 4°, 29,9x24,9 cm. Album of 20 photographs. Foreword by Josef Kainar. Photographs selected by Josef Prošek. Responsible editor Zdeněk Pilař. Design and cover design by Stanislav Kohout. Hard cloth binding with color-printed decoration and black lettering. Published byStátní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, n. p., as its 136th publication in the art department in February 1959, in an edition of 6000 copies. 1st edition. Photographs from original negatives made by Orbis. Represented authors: F. Drtikol, J. Funke, K. Hájek, A. Paul, E. Wiškovský, J. Jeníček, M. Hák, Z. Feyfar, K. Ludwig, V. Chochola, Z. Tmej, J. Sudek, J. Ehm, J. Prošek, K. Plicka, T. Honty, J. Brok, V. Jírů, J. Lukas, and E. Einhorn. J. Funke, from the series "Čas trvá". Publ.: Daniela Mrázková, Příběh fotografie, Mladá Fronta 1985, p. 90; Howard Greenberg, Annette and Rudolf Kicken, Czech Vision. Avant-Garde Photography in Czechoslovakia, Hatje Cantz 2007, p. 10; Vladimír Birgus and Jan Mlčoch, Česká fotografie 20. století, Kant Prague 2009, p. 106, etc. Very good condition, only two photographs have slightly creased corners and the cloth covering of the boards is slightly damaged.