The Photographer Frantisek Drtikol Tapa dura - 2000

Prague: Kant, 2000. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 206 pages. Text in English by Vladimir Birgus. A comprehensive look at Czech artist and photographer Drtikol. Includes some color and numerous black and white images with many of his most iconic works present. A very near fine copy in cloth boards in a very near fine dust jacket that is very lightly rubbed.

Prague: Kant, 2000. Second revived and enlarged edition. Hardcover. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Frantisek Drtikol (1883-1961) together with those of Jaromir Funke, Jaroslav Rossler and Josef Sudek, constitute the most significant Czech contributions to world photography in the first half of the 20th Century. Drtikol's photographs remain exceptionally impressive today for their originality, depth of thought, artistic cultivation, and technical mastery. Following years of virtual oblivion in the past three decades these works have again provoked exceptional interest at one-person and group exhibitions in many countries, as well as in the most diverse publications. Drtikol was the first Czech photographer to gain world-wide prominence, a draftsman whose talents remain underappreciated to this day, a graphic artist and painter, a designer of original decorations and house accessories, a thinker and spiritual teacher as well. Includes; 120 duotone and 8 color full-page reproductions of… Leer más