Irena Blühová (1904-1991)

FOUR PHOTOGRAPHS

1925-1930
Bača v nedělu: vintage gelatin silver print on glossy paper. 24.3 × 17.9 cm, verso marked with two author’s stamps, in blue ink the title of the photograph, location and date “Bača v nedělu, Zakarpatská Rus-Rackovo, 1935,” and further notes in pencil and blue ballpoint pen. Frayed corners of the photograph, bent lower right corner, minor creases. Untitled: vintage gelatin silver print on glossy paper, 17.8 × 16.2 cm, verso signed in blue ink by the author, dated in pencil. Several indentations, traces of water damage, a section of the emulsion torn off in the lower left corner. Aj tak sa žilo, Nočný azyl II.: gelatin silver print on glossy paper, printed later by the artist. 17 × 23.6 cm, verso marked with the author’s stamp, title of the work in blue ink. V kantýně: gelatin silver print on glossy paper, printed later by the artist. 20.2 × 17 cm (23.5 × 17.6 cm), verso inscribed in pencil with the title of the work, name of the author, and date “1930/1960.”