Funke Jaromir Ludvik Soucek (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First edition. 8vo. 132,(4)pp. Text in Czech. Cream cloth with black lettering within black border on front cover in original photographic dust jacket. Frontispiece of Funke. Profusely illustrated with 132 pages of plates that include both full-page and some in-text reproductions in photogravure. Dust jacket with minor shelfwear. Binding lightly soiled on top & bottom edges. Funke (1896-1945)was a leading figure in Czech avantgarde photography in the 1920's and 1930's. Josef Sudek, Adolf Schneeberger, and Funke founded the Czech Photographic Society. "The life and work of the founder of Czech modern photographic art is illustrated by an introductory text in which L. Sou?ek records his interviews with Funke's colleagues, pupils and friends. He selected authentic testimonies to "evoke the man and the intellectual atmosphere in which he lived." The selection of 132 photographs, taken between 1922 and 1940, confirms the photographer's qualities, which have proven themselves in a wide range of themes ranging from artistic compositions to urban and landscape shots." (OCLC).

Hardcover with dustjacket in protective plastic overwrap; 30 pages of Czech text followed by 132 illustrations; very good condition; light edgewear to top and bottom of spine and corners of boards; small writing on first blank page; no other internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Hardcover. Condition: g. First edition. 8vo. 132,4]pp. Cream cloth with black lettering within black border on front cover in original photographic dust jacket. Frontispiece of Funke. Profusely illustrated with full-page and some in-text reproduction in photogravure of work by Czech photographer, Jaromir Funke (1896-1945). Funke was a leading figure in Czech avant garde photography in the 1920's and 1930's. Josef Sudek, Adolf Schneeberger, and Funke founded the Czech Photographic Society. Text in Czech by Ludvik Soucek. Some creasing, sunning and scuffing on dj. Tight copy with dust jacket in good, book in very good condition.

Funke, Jaromir (illustrator). First edition. 8vo., 29 pp., 132 full-page photogravure plates. A light bruise to the lower front board tip: else very good copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket. The dust jacket has three closed tears which have been repaired on the blank reverse. Jaromir Funke, 1896 - 1945, was first a medical student, then studied the law, and eventually turned his attentions to art and esthetics. By 1922, he was a freelance photographer in Prague and an associate of Josef Sudek, with whom he founded the Czech Photographic Society in 1924. He exhibited widely and taught photography at the School of Art, Bratislava, and then at the Graphic Arts School in Prague. He continued to exhibit and publish until his untimely death brought on from the privations suffered during the war.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Sm.8° - 28pp - 131 B/w Photo-reproductions. Jaromir Funke (1896-1945) Czech photographer. Funke was a leading figure in Czech photography during the 1920s and 1930s. First edition, wonderful photo-reproductions. Original boards and dust-jacket. The dust jacket has two cuts (repaired) otherwise in excellent condition.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with virtually no wear. Completely clean. Text in CZECH. Stated first edition. Illustrated throughout in black & white with 181 of Jaromir Funke's (1896- 1945) best photographs. 10" high X 7' wide, 28 text pages + plates. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.

First Edition. Cloth in jacket, very good in near very good sjelfworn and slightly chipped jacket with creae to front flap.