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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Nu, c. 1930, 1930

František Drtikol

Nu, c. 1930, 1930

Sale Date: May 23, 2023

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RECLINING NUDE, PRAGUE C. 1925, 1925

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RECLINING NUDE, PRAGUE C. 1925, 1925

Sale Date: June 2, 2023

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EDVARD BENEŠ, FOREIGN MINISTER OF..., 1925

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EDVARD BENEŠ, FOREIGN MINISTER OF..., 1925

Sale Date: June 2, 2023

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COMPOSITION' (NUDE), PRAGUE 1929, 1929

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COMPOSITION' (NUDE), PRAGUE 1929, 1929

Sale Date: June 2, 2023

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BROKEN ARC', PRAGUE 1927, 1927

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BROKEN ARC', PRAGUE 1927, 1927

Sale Date: June 2, 2023

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GRADUATES OF THE INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE..., 1924

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GRADUATES OF THE INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE..., 1924

Sale Date: June 2, 2023

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NUDE DANCE STUDY, PRAGUE C. 1919, 1919

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NUDE DANCE STUDY, PRAGUE C. 1919, 1919

Sale Date: June 2, 2023

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Dancer ('Yo-Hay-Tang'), 1929

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Dancer ('Yo-Hay-Tang'), 1929

Sale Date: May 2, 2023

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Modernist nude study., 1930

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Modernist nude study., 1930

Sale Date: April 27, 2023

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AKT V KRAJINĚ, 1941

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AKT V KRAJINĚ, 1941

Sale Date: April 23, 2023

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Untitled (Nude), 1929, 1929

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Untitled (Nude), 1929, 1929

Sale Date: April 6, 2023

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Upward Thrust, 1929, 1929

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Upward Thrust, 1929, 1929

Sale Date: April 13, 2023

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Cut-Out Nudes, 1930

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Cut-Out Nudes, 1930

Sale Date: April 4, 2023

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Untitled (Nude Abstraction), 1935

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Untitled (Nude Abstraction), 1935

Sale Date: April 4, 2023

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Coast, 1947

František Drtikol

Sale Date: March 5, 2023

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Untitled (Nude with knife and wave), c. , 1927–1929

František Drtikol

Untitled (Nude with knife and wave), c. , 1927–1929

Sale Date: March 7, 2023

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A CONVOLUTE OF PHOTOGRAPHS, NEGATIVES AND..., 1923

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A CONVOLUTE OF PHOTOGRAPHS, NEGATIVES AND..., 1923

Sale Date: May 8, 2022

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LANDSCAPE WITH TREES, 1941

František Drtikol

LANDSCAPE WITH TREES, 1941

Sale Date: May 8, 2022

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Dvojakt, 1942

František Drtikol

Dvojakt, 1942

Sale Date: November 27, 2022

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Žena, 1935

František Drtikol

Sale Date: November 27, 2022

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KYTICE ŠEŘÍKU

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KYTICE ŠEŘÍKU

Sale Date: November 20, 2022

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DÁMA V ŠATECH, 1920

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DÁMA V ŠATECH, 1920

Sale Date: November 20, 2022

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SEDÍCÍ ŽENSKÝ AKT, 1913

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SEDÍCÍ ŽENSKÝ AKT, 1913

Sale Date: November 20, 2022

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HORSKÝ MASIV

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HORSKÝ MASIV

Sale Date: November 20, 2022

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