Výběr 46 Aktů [Women in Light. 46 Selected Nudes]. Úvod napsal J. R. Marek.
Praha, Nakladatelství E. Beaufort A. S., 1938
František Drtikol is one of the founders of modern Czech photography. Before the First World War, he was a renowned portrait photographer; after the war, he concentrated on nude studies, a selection of which were published in Žena ve Světle. In the 1920s, he developed the style for which he is best known, using elements of expressionist dance in his posing and incorporating geometric plywood sets and props lit with a single arc lamp and photographed from dynamic angles. In 1935, at the height of his international fame, Drtikol sold his studio and gave his photographs and documents to the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Prague in order to concentrate on painting, meditation, and Eastern philosophy, having long maintained an interest in Theosophy, Buddhism and Anthroposophy.
First edition; 8vo (244 x 166 mm, 9½ x 6½ in); 49 black-and-white photographs printed in relief halftone on warm cream paper, small abrasion to one page; textured tan endpapers, corner of rear free endpaper turned, orange cloth-covered boards, cream title-label printed in brown and mounted on upper side, photo-illustrated dust-jacket, printed in yellow and black, lightly marked, small abrasion on the lower panel, rubbing along spine folds, small tears and tiny chips to head and foot of spine, a near-fine copy in the scarce dust-jacket; [xvi], 46, [2]pp.
The Open Book pp94-6; The Book of 101 Books p64 (incorrectly giving 1930 as the date of publication); The Photobook: A History I, p79 (incorrect date); Auer Collection p268; Czech and Slovak Photo Publications 75 p92.
First edition; 8vo (244 x 166 mm, 9½ x 6½ in); 49 black-and-white photographs printed in relief halftone on warm cream paper, small abrasion to one page; textured tan endpapers, corner of rear free endpaper turned, orange cloth-covered boards, cream title-label printed in brown and mounted on upper side, photo-illustrated dust-jacket, printed in yellow and black, lightly marked, small abrasion on the lower panel, rubbing along spine folds, small tears and tiny chips to head and foot of spine, a near-fine copy in the scarce dust-jacket; [xvi], 46, [2]pp.
The Open Book pp94-6; The Book of 101 Books p64 (incorrectly giving 1930 as the date of publication); The Photobook: A History I, p79 (incorrect date); Auer Collection p268; Czech and Slovak Photo Publications 75 p92.
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