Drtikol, Frantisek
Czechoslovakian (b. Bohemia, 1883-1961)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Composition

1929
pigment print
21.9 x 28.8 cm.
Gift of Dr. E.P. Wightman
GEH NEG: 13713
83:0454:0001

OLD GEH NUMBER: EHPC 234-8
NON-GEH NUMBER: XIV

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Hirsch, Robert. --Seizing the Light: A History of Photography.-- New York: McGraw Hill, 1999. p. 259.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 527.//

INSCRIPTION: print recto-(blindstamp) "Copyright Drtikol Prague" mount recto-(signed) "Drtikol 1929" mount verso-(in ink) "XIV" "F. Drtikol" "'Composition' (Pigment)" (applied printed label) "This Print Was Hung In A Special Exhibition At The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Department of Photography. Feb - 1931" Exhibited at Special Exhibition in the Studio of Camera Club of Syracuse Y.M.C.A." "Selected for The Third International Photographic Salon of Japan, Under the auspices..."

NOTES: Catalogued 12/97, DZ.

SUBJECT: study, nudes