Oldřich Straka (1906-1983)

COLLECTION OF 29 PHOTOGRAPHS

1927-1940, mostly later prints
A set of photographs with a social theme. The set includes: Untitled (Carrying Water), 23.7x28.7 cm, Agfa-Brovira paper, verso the artist`s name "O. Straka", note "On Christmas Eve in Strání" in pencil. A further 28 photographs, sizes ranging from 22.6x17.6 cm to 29.7x42.5 cm, later prints. Nine of them published in the magazine Československá fotografie [Czechoslovak Photography], vol. XXIX, August 1978, no. 8. Vintage print: verso traces of mounting along the edges, a crease in the upper left corner. The three largest photographs damaged, the rest well preserved or slightly damaged.