František Drtikol

(Czech, 1883–1961)

b>František Drtikol was a pioneering Czech avant-garde artist. Best known for his black-and-white photos of nudes within abstract sets, Drtikol incorporated elements of Art Nouveau and Act Deco into work. “I let the beauty of the line itself make an impact, without embellishment, by suppressing everything that is secondary,” the artist once reflected. Born March 3, 1883 in Príbram, Austro-Hungarian Empire, he moved to Munich to study painting and photography, then to Prague in 1907, where he opened his own studio. His work often juxtaposed the curvature of the female form with geometric abstractions, eliciting simple yet evocative compositions. He died on January 13, 1961 in Prague, Czechoslovakia at the age of 77, having had a significant influence on a generation younger photographers, including Jaroslav Rössler and Josef Vetrovsky. Today, Drtikol’s works are held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, and the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, among others.

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Rabindranath Tagore, 1921

František Drtikol

Rabindranath Tagore, 1921

Sale Date: May 16, 2010

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Act 20, 1920–1929

František Drtikol

Act 20, 1920–1929

Sale Date: May 16, 2010

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Nude study, 1927

František Drtikol

Nude study, 1927

Sale Date: May 21, 2010

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Nude with hoop, 1927

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Nude with hoop, 1927

Sale Date: May 21, 2010

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The cry, 1927

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The cry, 1927

Sale Date: May 21, 2010

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Phantasie, 1930

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Phantasie, 1930

Sale Date: April 28, 2010

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Jeune femme chinoise, 1928

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Jeune femme chinoise, 1928

Sale Date: May 5, 2010

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Etudes de nus (studies, various sizes; 4..., 1930

František Drtikol

Etudes de nus (studies, various sizes; 4..., 1930

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Etudes de nus (studies, various sizes; 3..., 1930

František Drtikol

Etudes de nus (studies, various sizes; 3..., 1930

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Etudes de nus (studies, various sizes; 3..., 1930

František Drtikol

Etudes de nus (studies, various sizes; 3..., 1930

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Aktstudie, 1920–1929

František Drtikol

Aktstudie, 1920–1929

Sale Date: March 30, 2010

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Aktstudie, 1920–1929

František Drtikol

Aktstudie, 1920–1929

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Akt, 1925

František Drtikol

Sale Date: March 30, 2010

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L'etude, 1930

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L'etude, 1930

Sale Date: April 18, 2009

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Untitled, nude, 1928

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Untitled, nude, 1928

Sale Date: April 18, 2009

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Untitled, nude, 1927–1929

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Untitled, nude, 1927–1929

Sale Date: April 18, 2009

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Untitled (study), 1915–1920

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Untitled (study), 1915–1920

Sale Date: April 18, 2009

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Untitled (Salome), 1913

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Untitled (Salome), 1913

Sale Date: December 13, 2009

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Aktstudie (Nude), 1925

František Drtikol

Aktstudie (Nude), 1925

Sale Date: December 5, 2009

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Aktstudie (Nude), 1914

František Drtikol

Aktstudie (Nude), 1914

Sale Date: December 5, 2009

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Anna Sedlácková als Princezna Pampeliška (+..., 1912

František Drtikol

Anna Sedlácková als Princezna Pampeliška (+..., 1912

Sale Date: December 4, 2009

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Nu, 1928

František Drtikol

Sale Date: November 20, 2009

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Coal mines in Kladno, 1907–1909

František Drtikol

Coal mines in Kladno, 1907–1909

Sale Date: December 2, 2009

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Nudo, 1928

František Drtikol

Sale Date: October 27, 2009

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