Live Auction 12626Modern Visions: Exceptional Photographs
Josef Sudek (1896-1976)
Lot 41

Josef Sudek (1896-1976)

Melon, Prague, 1951

Closed18 February 2016

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USD 40,000

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Josef Sudek (1896-1976)
Melon, Prague, 1951
pigment print
signed and dated in pencil (margin, recto)
image: 6 ½ x 9 ¾ in. (16.5 x 24.7 cm.)
sheet: 7 ¼ x 9 5/8 in. (18.4 x 24.4 cm.)

Anna Fárová (1928-2010) Collection, Prague;
Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, 1996;
Sotheby's, New York, October 14 & 15, 2008, lot 16.

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I believe that photography loves banal objects, and I love the life of objects... I like to tell stories about the life of inanimate objects, to relate something mysterious...
Josef Sudek