Josef Ehm - Sewer (Shadow of Man's Head and Circular Culvert)
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Ref.#: 10459Price: $4,500
Medium: Silver printMount: unmountedPhoto Date: 1934Print Date: 1934Dimensions: 2-1/4 x 2-1/4 in. (57 x 57 mm)Photo Country: Czech RepublicPhotographer Country: Czech Republic
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DESCRIPTION:With photographer's stamp and some writing in unknown hand (the photographer's ?) on verso. His vintage prints from the 1930s are very rare and sought after. See: Jiri Mašín, Josef Ehm (SNKLHU, Prague 1961), pl.2; Zdenek Kirschner, Josef Ehm: A Retrospective Exhibition (Catalog, Jacques Baruch Gallery, Chicago 1990), p.16. Josef Ehm was born August 1, 1909 in Habartov, Czechoslovakia. Along with Jamomir Funke, he was a teacher at the State School of Graphic Art in Prague from 1934 to 1946. In 1935 he participated in preparation of the legendary book "Photography Sees Surface". His artistic photographs are renowned for a unique combination of avant-garde creative methods and technical brilliance. He was a part of the New Objectivity movement. He died in 1989. Provenance: the artist's wife's personal collection. Shipping and insurance costs will be added to the price and must be paid for by the buyer. Pennsylvania and New York buyers must pay appropriate sales tax. International clients are responsible for their VAT and other custom's oriented charges.
