Jaromir Funke Portfolio (12 original photographs)

A set of 12 original avant-garde photographs by Jaromir Funke printed  in 1979 with the original negatives, in very fine condition enclosed in a lightly worn portfolio (see photos) with a booklet in five languages blue slip laid in identifies it as #0033 from the edition.

From the colophon translated from the Czech:

A set of 12 photographs with introductory text by Antonín Dufek, cover and graphic design by Libor Fára.
Reproductions prepared from Funke’s negatives by Jan Šplíchal
Responsible editor Miloš Choutka
Technical editor Ladislav Kulhánek
Published in 1979 by Pressfoto, publishing house of ČTK, Prague
1st edition ● S 1306 979-3635
Printed by Polygrafia, national enterprise, plant 5 in Lipník nad Bečvou
Print run 2,500 copies
Price 78 Czechoslovak crowns (Kčs)\

LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS
1. Uncomfortable Sleep / 1922
2. Scrap Metal / 1925
3, Composition / around 1925
4. Still Life with Starfish and Hummingbird / 1928-29
5. Composition / 1927-29
6. The Detail and the Man / portrait of Eugen Wiškovský / 1926
7. New Architecture / 1930-32
8. Photography Sees the Surface / 1935
9. A photo from the cycle “Virgin Forests” / 1937-38
10. The Children. A photo from the cycle “In the Land of Nikola Šuhaj” / 1937-38
11. Landscape in the Environs of Kutná Hora / 1939
12. A photo from the cycle “The Unsatisfied Earth” / 1940-44
On the cover: A photo from the cycle “The Duration of Time” / 1930-34

Jaromír Funke (1896–1945) was a towering figure of the European avant-garde and one of the most influential Czech photographers of the 20th century. A master of Modernism, he rejected traditional “pictorial” styles in favor of a radical approach that used light, shadow, and glass objects to create abstract, almost architectural compositions. Throughout his career, he seamlessly blended elements of Cubism, Constructivism, and Surrealism, moving from pure abstraction to socially conscious documentary work. As a dedicated theorist and educator, Funke helped define the “New Objectivity” in photography, leaving behind a legacy of experimentation that fundamentally changed how the camera was used to see and interpret the modern world.

$ 850.00