Josef Sudek (1896-1976)

PORTRAIT OF MISS V. K.

1923
Vintage gelatin silver print on matte paper contemporarily adjusted on exhibition board, 27,8x21,2 cm (cardboard 39,5 x 30,4 cm). Signed in pencil lower right on cardboard on the recto, annotated in ink by Jaromír Funke on the verso: "J. Sudek - Kolin - Dolni 126 - Czechoslovakia. / Portrait "Mis K." / bromide. / 1924 Toronto Salon of Photography. Page 127 No 428 / Bradford Salon 1925. Page 55. No 432" Josef Sudek lost his right hand during World War I, and his left-hand writing was quite unreadable (except for his calligraphic signature used in the 1920s, which can be seen in this photograph as well). Presumably, that`s why he asked his friend, another excellent photographer, Jaromír Funke, to annotate the photograph he submitted to international photographic salons with Funke`s neat handwriting. Publ.: I. výstava Svazu čs. klubů fotografů amatérů v Praze (exhibition catalogue), Krasoumná jednota Prague 1923, cat. no. 223. Toronto Salon of Photography (exhibition catalogue), Toronto 1924, p. 127, cat. no. 428. Bradford Salon (exhibition catalogue), Bradford 1925, p. 55, cat. no. 432. XXI. Salon Indernational D´Art Photographique, Paris (exhibition catalogue), Paris 1926, p. 40, cat. no. 395. Thirti-first Annual International Exhibition of the South London Photographic Society. (exhibition catalogue), Londýn 1926, p. 11, cat. no. 113. Third Annual International Exhibition of Bridge of Allan and District Photographic Society (exhibition catalogue), Edinburgh 1926, cat. no 466. Antonín Dufek, Josef Sudek neznámý - Salonní fotografie 1918 - 1942 (exhibition catalogue), The Moravian Gallery in Brno 2006, cat. no. 46.