Artist: Frantisek Drtikol (Czech, 1883 - 1961). Title: "La Course". Medium: Original vintage photogravure. Date: Composed c1933. Printed 1933. Dimensions: Overall size: 7 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (197 x 210 mm). Image size: 5 3/4 x 7 3/8 in. (146 x 187 mm). Lot Note(s): Signature and Studio stamps, recto. Edition unknown, presumed very small. High-grade archival paper. Wide margins. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Comment(s): Drtikol’s nudes show development from pictorialism and symbolism to modern composite pictures of the nude body, with geometric decorations and thrown shadows, where one finds a number of parallels with the avant-garde works of his epoch. These often are reminiscent of Cubism, and at the same time the nudes suggest the kind of movement that was characteristic of the futurism aesthetic. Image copyright © The Estate of Frantisek Drtikol. [24136-2-225]