DRTIKOL FRANTISEK (1883 1961) The Movement

Sale 1996 - Lot 43

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Estimate: $ 40,000 - $ 60,000

DRTIKOL, FRANTISEK (1883-1961)
"The Movement." Pigment print, 111/2x9 inches (29.2x22.9 cm.), with Drtikol's signature and date, in pencil, on mount recto, and a blind stamp on recto; signed and titled with the photographer's signature, address, the word "Pigment," and numbered "V," in ink, on verso. 1927

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In the late 1920s, Drtikol embarked on a new artistic direction. He eschewed the Pictorial and Art Nouveau imagery his work historically reflected (which often depicted costumed men and women in biblical or allegorical scenes), and embraced a modernist, minimalist approach. With this transition he abandoned the oil processes so popular with the Pictorialists in favor of pigment and bromide prints, and began to focus on the nude figure. His photographic female nudes of this period are beautiful objects. Arranged in dynamic poses, models were placed in environments that relied on bold lighting and sets constructed of angular, circular, and wave-like shapes.