Lot 138: Untitled, from 'Na jehlách techto dní' (On the Needles of These Days), c. 1934

Jindrich Štyrský (1899-1942) Untitled, from 'Na jehlách techto dní' (On the Needles of These Days), c. 1934 gelatin silver print, printed c. 1941 annotation '20' in red crayon (on the verso) image/sheet: 3 5/8 x 3 1/2in. (9 x 9cm.)

9 x 9cm.

Štyrský and Heisler, Na jehlách techto dní, Fr. Borovy, 1945, p. 44; Tausk, 'Roots of Modern Photography in Czechoslovakia', History of Photography, July, 1979, fig.16; Birgus, Ceská Fotograficá Avantgarda: 1918-1948, Kant, 1998, p. 231; Tucker, Marvelous in the Everyday: Surrealist Photography of Jindrich Štyrský; Karel Srp, Jindrich Styrsky, Torst, 2001, pl. 29