Josef Sudek (1896-1976)

FOUR LETTERS ON PHOTOGRAPHS

1940s - 1950s
Four vintage gelatin silver prints with letters on the verso, semi-matte paper/contact prints: Wallenstein Garden: 11.4 × 16.4 cm (11.5 × 16.5 cm), verso with a letter in pencil from the author to Antonín Dufek, dated 6/IV 1976. Torso of a Dead Tree (probably Krkonoše): 15.8 × 11 cm, verso with a letter in pencil from the author to Antonín Dufek, undated. Slight crease in the upper left section, approx. 2 cm. Portal of a Baroque Church, from the series Notes: 9.2 × 6.1 cm (16.5 × 11.5 cm), recto lower right signed in pencil by the author, verso with a letter in pen written by Božena Sudková, dated 20 December 1971, signed by both Božena Sudková and Josef Sudek. IV.: 6.2 × 9 cm (7.7 × 9.9 cm), verso with a letter in pencil from the author, dated II./II. 1963. Lower left area with a fine crack in the emulsion, approx. 1.1 cm. Provenance: from the estate of PhDr. Antonín Dufek.