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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Montage (with cut-out nude figure), 1920–1929

František Drtikol

Montage (with cut-out nude figure), 1920–1929

Sale Date: May 18, 2006

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Ohne Titel, 1927–1929

František Drtikol

Ohne Titel, 1927–1929

Sale Date: May 26, 2006

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Ohne Titel, 1927–1929

František Drtikol

Ohne Titel, 1927–1929

Sale Date: May 26, 2006

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Alois Jirasek (Tschechischer Schriftsteller..., 1921

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Alois Jirasek (Tschechischer Schriftsteller..., 1921

Sale Date: May 9, 2006

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Le repos, 1925

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Le repos, 1925

Sale Date: May 9, 2006

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Mother Earth, 1930–1931

František Drtikol

Mother Earth, 1930–1931

Sale Date: May 17, 2006

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Five cut-out nudes, 1930

František Drtikol

Five cut-out nudes, 1930

Sale Date: May 17, 2006

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Nude with turban, 1920–1929

František Drtikol

Nude with turban, 1920–1929

Sale Date: April 26, 2006

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Untitled nude, no. 76 (+ Two women, no. 119, , 1912

František Drtikol

Untitled nude, no. 76 (+ Two women, no. 119, , 1912

Sale Date: April 8, 2006

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Untitled nude, no. 73 (+ Madonna, no. 12,..., 1911

František Drtikol

Untitled nude, no. 73 (+ Madonna, no. 12,..., 1911

Sale Date: April 8, 2006

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Nude: Yo-Hay-Tang, 1929

František Drtikol

Nude: Yo-Hay-Tang, 1929

Sale Date: February 16, 2006

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Nude with arms raised, 1925

František Drtikol

Nude with arms raised, 1925

Sale Date: December 13, 2005

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Cabaret dancer, 1923

František Drtikol

Cabaret dancer, 1923

Sale Date: December 7, 2005

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Female nude and model, 1920–1929

František Drtikol

Female nude and model, 1920–1929

Sale Date: December 7, 2005

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Die Befreiung, 1930

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Die Befreiung, 1930

Sale Date: November 24, 2005

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Salome and the head of Saint John the..., 1925

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Salome and the head of Saint John the..., 1925

Sale Date: September 17, 2005

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Fantasie, 1932

František Drtikol

Fantasie, 1932

Sale Date: June 2, 2005

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Nude (Composition), 1929

František Drtikol

Nude (Composition), 1929

Sale Date: June 1, 2005

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Female nude, 1925

František Drtikol

Female nude, 1925

Sale Date: June 1, 2005

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Female nude studies (8 works), 1925

František Drtikol

Female nude studies (8 works), 1925

Sale Date: May 26, 2005

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Nude study, 1925

František Drtikol

Nude study, 1925

Sale Date: May 17, 2005

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Akt, 1920–1929

František Drtikol

Akt, 1920–1929

Sale Date: April 30, 2005

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Pierrot et Carmen, 1930

František Drtikol

Pierrot et Carmen, 1930

Sale Date: April 26, 2005

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Étude pour méditation, Prague, 1920

František Drtikol

Étude pour méditation, Prague, 1920

Sale Date: April 26, 2005

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