Nude with disk by Drtikol

**František Drtikol** (1883 – 1961) ~ Untitled, Nude with disk over head, 1927-29 | Galerie Kicken Berlin via Fondazione Sozzani

Nude study by Josef Vetrovsky

**Josef Vetrovsky** (1897-1944) ~ Senza titolo (Nudo), anni 1930 | src Finarte

**Josef Vetrovsky** (1897-1944) ~ Etude de nu, 1930 | src Leclere on liveauctioneers

**Josef Vetrovsky** (1897-1944) ~ Frauenakt / Female nude, 1929 | src Galerie Bassenge

Draped nude by Drtikol

**František Drtikol** (1883–1961) ~ Draped nude, ca. 1925. Bromography on warm toned paper (Nr 82) | src Leitz auction 16

Portraits by Fabinger

**Jaroslav Fabinger** (1899-1942) ~ Untitled (portrait of a woman), 1929 | src Lempertz (auction 1041)

**Jaroslav Fabinger** (1899-1942) ~ Porträt, 1930 | src TEA · Tenerife espacio de las artes

Nudes by Jaroslav Fabinger

**Jaroslav Fabinger** (1899-1942) ~ Blonde, 1930-1939; warm-toned gelatin silver print | src AGO ~ Art Gallery of Ontario

**Jaroslav Fabinger** (1899-1942) ~ Untitled (nude with circle), ca. 1930 | src Howard Greenberg gallery exhibit 2016

Kupferova in oriental costume

**František Drtikol** (1883-1961) ~ Ervina Kupferová in oriental costume with fan, ca. 1920. Bassenge Auktionen Photographs 2015 lot 4176 & LL/59783

**František Drtikol** (1883-1961) ~ Ervína Kupferová (oriental costume), ca. 1920 | src mutualArt

Pensive draped lady by Drtikol

**František Drtikol** (1883-1961) ~ Untitled, ca. 1923-29 | src Gitterman Gallery ~ Czech Avant-Garde (2023)

**František Drtikol** (1883-1961) ~ Untitled, ca. 1923-29. Courtesy Gitterman gallery | src ODLP ~ l’œil de la photographie

Drtikol modernist nudes

**František Drtikol** (1883-1961) ~ Untitled, 1927 (Carbon print) | src Gitterman Gallery ~ Czech Avant-Garde 2023

Czech Avant-Garde (2023) at Gitterman Gallery (NY)

Gitterman gallery presents a selection of avant-garde Czech photography with a focus on rare vintage works by two seminal figures, František Drtikol and Josef Sudek. Each created exquisite prints that added dimension to their innovative visions.

František Drtikol’s (1883-1961) photographs are distinctly emblematic of the Art Deco period (1920s and 30s) by merging styles of Symbolism, Pictorialism, and Modernism. These two photos are an example of his best known works: Pictorial images of nudes in Modernist (Art decó) stagings.

**František Drtikol** (1883-1961) ~ Kruh a Přímky (Circle and lines), 1926. Vintage pigment print, carbon. | src Gitterman gallery

**František Drtikol** ~ Akt s dekoracio | Nude with quarter circle, ca. 1926. Bromoil print | src Galerie Kicken Berlin

Sudek · through the window

**Josef Sudek** (1896-1976) ~ On the Windowsill of My Studio, 1944 | src Gitterman Gallery ~ Czech Avant-Garde 2023

**Josef Sudek** (1896-1976) ~ The Window of My Studio, 1952 | src Gitterman Gallery ~ Czech Avant-Garde 2023

Czech Avant-Garde at Gitterman Gallery ~ Nov 14 – Dec 22, 2023

Gitterman Gallery presents a selection of avant-garde Czech photography with a focus on rare vintage works by two seminal figures, František Drtikol and Josef Sudek. Each created exquisite prints that added dimension to their innovative visions.

Josef Sudek (1896-1976), after having lost his right arm in combat during World War I, devoted his life to photography. Working with a large format camera, he stayed close to home. He primarily worked in his studio in Prague, photographing intricately constructed still lifes and atmospheric views through his studio window, as well as portraits, landscapes and his city. Though Sudek chose seemingly conventional subjects, his delicate prints convey the poetic magic of the photographic medium.

**Josef Sudek** (1896-1976) ~ The Window of My Studio, 1950 | src Gitterman Gallery ~ Czech Avant-Garde 2023

**Josef Sudek** (1896-1976) ~ The Window of My Studio, ca. 1960 | src Gitterman Gallery ~ Czech Avant-Garde 2023

**Josef Sudek** (1896-1976) ~ The Last Rose of Summer [from: *The Window of My Studio*], 1956 | src Gitterman Gallery

**Josef Sudek** (1896-1976) ~ The Window of My Studio, 1940-54 | src Gitterman Gallery ~ Czech Avant-Garde 2023

Drtikol · Cut-outs · early 1930s

**František Drtikol** (1883-1961) ~ Composition, 1931 | src Gitterman Gallery ~ Czech Avant-Garde 2023

**František Drtikol** (1883-1961) ~ Soul, 1930 | src Gitterman Gallery ~ Czech Avant-Garde 2023

Czech Avant-Garde at Gitterman Gallery ~ Nov 14 – Dec 22, 2023

František Drtikol’s (1883-1961) photographs are distinctly emblematic of the Art Deco period (1920s and 30s) by merging styles of Symbolism, Pictorialism, and Modernism. Though most known for his Pictorial images of nudes in Modernist stagings, we highlight a series from the early 1930s he referred to as “photopurism.” In this series, he photographed paper cut-outs and carved wood figures, as Mannerist silhouettes of the human form, in geometric abstract environments, to explore themes of Buddhism. He gave up photography in 1935 to concentrate on painting.