Untitled: Books: Tolstoy, Poe, Balzac, Dostevsky, Meyer

by Josef Sudek

$4,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

Silver gelatin print. 1 vols. Oblong, 9-7/8 x 4-1/4 inches. Stamped on verso with studio stamp Foto Sudek, Praha III, Djezd 20. , some superficial marks and rubbing on the corners, matted. Item #333045 A beautiful photograph of a shelf of books published by Melantrichova knižnice, the Czech publishing house, circa 1920, in the characteristic panoramic style of Josef Sudek.

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