Josef Sudek (1896-1976)

AN APPLE

1956
Vintage gelatin silver print on semi-matte paper, 38.7 × 27.8 cm. Fully mounted on cardboard 39.5 × 28.7 cm. Verso on the cardboard with a partial label "Svaz Československých klubů fotografů amatérů" and additional notes in pen and pencil. mounted. The photograph has a deliberately cut-off upper left corner, with the mat adapted to this shape. This was done due to severe damage in that area (possibly by fire). Restored. Provenance: from the estate of PhDr. Antonín Dufek. Comparable: Collection of the Moravian Gallery in Brno, inv. no. MG 8423. The photograph was used on the poster for the Josef Sudek exhibition at the Moravian Gallery in Brno (26 March – 9 May 1976).