Vilém Reichmann (1908-1991)

TRAPS (FROM THE SERIES ABANDONED)

1946
Gelatin silver print on glossy paper, printed later by the artist probably in the 1970s, 39.5 × 28.2 cm. Verso inscribed in pencil with the artist’s signature, the title of the series, and the date. Provenance: from the estate of PhDr. Antonín Dufek. Collections of the Moravian Gallery in Brno, inv. no. MG 9855. Publ.: A. Dufek, Vilém Reichmann, České Budějovice 1994, cat. no. 53. – P. Balajka et al., Encyklopedie českých a slovenských fotografů, Prague 1993, p. 299. – V plném spektru (exh. cat.), Moravian Gallery in Brno 2001, p. 265. – V. Zykmund, Vilém Reichmann, Prague 1961, fig. 32 (“the tendrils are strangling you, the smallest sphere thirsts for sticky cruelty. All this is punishment”).