Josef Sudek (1896-1976)

STILL LIFE AFTER CARAVAGGIO - VARIATION I (DAY)

1956
Vintage gelatin silver contact print on semi-matte paper. 23x28.7 cm. Verso in pencil, in the artist`s hand, title of the work "Zátiší podle Cravadgia I variace" [Still Life after Caravaggio, Variation I], further technical notes in another hand and the number "60" (crossed out), 31a, in green no. "62." in a circle (crossed out) and in red no. "62" in a circle. Corners slightly creased / frayed / restored, faint cracks along the top edge, a repaired tear ca 1.5 cm upper right, verso with traces of former mounting. Further copies are held in the collection of the Moravian Gallery in Brno, inv. nos. MG 13220, MG 8529. Publ.: Ann Thomas, Vladimír Birgus and Ian Jeffrey, The Intimate World of Josef Sudek, 5 Continents Editions, Milan 2016, p. 55, fig. 50; Zdeněk Kirschner: Josef Sudek. Výběr fotografií z celoživotního díla [A Selection of Photographs from a Lifetime`s Work], Prague 1990, 3rd edition, no. 121; A. Dufek: Josef Sudek. Fotografie 1940-1970, MG Brno 2001, p. 44; A. Dufek: Josef Sudek. Das stille Leben der Dinge, Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern 1998, p. 44; M.-M. Sutnik: Josef Sudek. The Legacy of a Deeper Vision, Munich 2012, p. 240. Cf.: Howard Greenberg, Annette and Rudolf Kicken, Czech Vision. Avant-Garde Photography in Czechoslovakia, Hatje Cantz 2007, p. 35.