Appraisal: 1942 Josef Sudek Photograph
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Appraisal: 1942 Josef Sudek Photograph
Check out Daile Kaplan’s appraisal of a 1942 Josef Sudek photograph in Vintage San Jose, Hour 1.
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Appraisal: 1942 Josef Sudek Photograph
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Check out Daile Kaplan’s appraisal of a 1942 Josef Sudek photograph in Vintage San Jose, Hour 1.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: I believe it's a Sudek, a Czech photographer.
Um, that's pretty much what I know about it.
APPRAISER: And when did you acquire it?
GUEST: I would say between three and five years ago.
APPRAISER: And what did you pay for it?
GUEST: Somewhere around $100 at an auction in Czech currency.
APPRAISER: So it was in Czech currency for $100.
GUEST: Yes.
Yes.
APPRAISER: Well, this is a Josef Sudek photographand Josef Sudek is the preeminent Czech photographer of the 20th century.
This photograph was done in 1942.
It's obviously a paramour.
Uh, given the seductive look on her face, the very beautiful way in which she's rendered, you know, Sudek never married.
GUEST: Ah.
APPRAISER: So this picture really has an intimacy and a sense of his love of women, and indeed, he's not known for his portraits, they are rather rare in the body of work that he created over a 30-year period.
He's known for his still-lifes, and landscapes.
We see his signature in the lower right, in the margin.
At auction, a conservative estimate would be $4,000 to $8,000.
GUEST: (chuckling): Wow.
Wow, that's, that's amazing.
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