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18 Original Photographs in a Portfolio

Panorama. Prague. 1980. First edition. Softcover folder with 18 photographs inside of a portfolio. Plus descriptive booklet. Good softcover  portfolio with very good photographs with a very good booklet. Josef Sudek. Portfolio. 18 original photographs. They appear to be mat glossy silver gelatin prints. Size each 8 inches across and 11 ¾ inches long. On verso is the number of the photograph with a printed description in Czech, Russian, German, English, French. 27 page booklet in five languages.

Original softcover folder with damage to the spine and a small tear at the head. A little rust from the stapled booklet is on the inside. Photographs in excellent condition, few with spotting, two with the impression of the typing from the reverse side. Couple with a light crease. Complete series. High quality photographs. Text by Josef Sudek and Petr Tausk. 

The photographs are as follows:
1. "Sunday afternoon on the Kolin island" - 1926, 2. "Interior - Detail from St. Vitus' Cathedral" - 1924-28, 3. "Still life with a pitcher" - 1926, 4. "Views from my studio-window" - nd, 5. "The garden of a lady sculptor" - 1952, 6. "Window of my studio" - 1954, 7. "White Rose Bud" - 1954, 8. "Bunch of Meadow Flowers" - nd, 9. "The garden I am watching" - 1955, 10. "Still life with dead leaves" - 1956. 11. "Still life after Caravaggio" - 1959, 12. "In the magic garden" - 1959, 13. "From the cycle "Glass Labyrinths" - 1968, 14. "From the cycle "Glass Labyrinths" - 1968, 15. "Central Bohemian Highland" - 1955, 16. "In the magic garden" - 1955, 17. "From the cycle "Prague gardens" - The Castle from the Lobkowitz garden" - 1956, and 18. "Landscape at Melnik at the ferry" - 1964.

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