František Drtikol - Important Photographs from the Collection of Dr. Anthony Terrana New York Tuesday, April 2, 2013 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Private Collection, Philadelphia
    Robert Klein Gallery, Boston

  • Literature

    Birgus, The Photographer František Drtikol, pl. 97 for a variant there titled Upward Thrust

  • Catalogue Essay

    “I am inspired by three things: decorativeness, motion, and the stillness and expression of individual lines. I then use the background and props - simple objects such as circles, wavy lines and columns - accordingly. I let the beauty of the line itself make an impact, without embellishment, by suppressing everything that is secondary... or else I use the body as a decorative object, positioning it in various settings and lights. This is how I create all my pictures.”

IMPORTANT PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. ANTHONY TERRANA

10

Untitled, Nude

1929
Pigment print.
11 1/8 x 8 3/8 in. (28.3 x 21.3 cm)
Signed and dated in pencil on the mount; copyright credit blindstamp in the margin; signed, numbered ‘XIV’ and annotated ‘Le pas’, ‘Praha II/ Vodiekove 7/ Tehēcoslovaquie’ in ink on the reverse of the mount.

Estimate
$60,000 - 80,000 

Sold for $74,500

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Vanessa Kramer Hallett
Worldwide Head of Photographs
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Important Photographs from the Collection of Dr. Anthony Terrana

2 & 3 April 2013
New York