Live Auction 372520/21 Photographs/ Leaves of Light and Shadow: Photographs Gathered by William T. Hillman
FRANTISEK DRTIKOL (1883-1961)
Lot 68

FRANTISEK DRTIKOL (1883-1961)

Nude Study, c. 1920

Closed31 March 2015

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USD 11,250

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FRANTISEK DRTIKOL (1883-1961)
Nude Study, c. 1920
gelatin silver print
notation '09.010.I.07' in an unknown hand in pencil (on the verso)
image/sheet: 6 1/2 x 4 3/4in. (16.5 x 12cm.)

Gift from the artist to the sitter, Vera Prasilova Scott;
to the Estate of the sitter;
with Joel Soroka Gallery, Aspen

Specialist note

Vera Prasilova Scott was Drtikol's assistant and sometimes model circa 1920. This particular print was made as she was leaving for America, where she eventually married into Texas society. It has been said that she did not wish the print, nor any of the other 12 or so images made with her as sitter, to be shown during her lifetime. The heir to her collection made the print available for sale following her death in 1996.