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Kveten 1945.

Kveten 1945.

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Kveten 1945.: Album 10 fotografii

by Jiri Taufer

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  • Hardcover
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About This Item

Quarto 30.5x26.5 cm., embossed canvas folio, (2), holding ten original albumen prints. 3400 copies. Book design by Stanislav Kohout, bibliophile printing by Josef Prošek. A retrospect after fifteen years ending WWII in Prague, when hostilities ceased in May 1945. Jiří Taufer provides a short essay, with a visual essay of original photos by Jaroslav Pacovský, Slava Štochi,Václav Chochola, Karel Ludwig, František Ondrášek, Tibor Honty (2), František Illek, Miroslav Hák, and Jiří Jeniček. They were taken at the time of liberation and show the state of exhaustions and exultation. The photographs are full size, each 20x26 cm. An important photobook of high quality from the time when life in Czechoslovakia were thawing. Refs: Heiting, Czech and Slovak Photo Publications 1918-1989, 2018, No. 261. Scarce, with only two institutional holdings outside the Czech Republic (Oxford, Northwestern). Near fine copy.

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Bookseller
Michael Fagan Fine Art & Rare Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
5159
Title
Kveten 1945.
Author
Jiri Taufer
Illustrator
Miroslav Hak, Tibor Honty, Jaroslav Pacovsky, Vaclav Chochola, Karel Ludwig, Frantisek Ondrasek, Frantisek Illek,
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First and only
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
SNKLKU
Place of Publication
Prague
Date Published
1960
Pages
(2) 10 leaves
Size
30.5x26.5 cm.
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
Czech wartime photography, Prague 1945 photos, Czechoslovakia 1945 photos,
Bookseller catalogs
Czechoslovakia;

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Michael Fagan Fine Art & Rare Books

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Newton MA USA, Massachusetts

About Michael Fagan Fine Art & Rare Books

Private bookseller. Prearranged visits only.We specialize in modernist and avant-garde art and publications from 1910-1948. Emphasis is on the visual arts and architecture, and also the supporting literary cultures that interacted and supported them.

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