"Touha" = "Desire" by Jan Saudek (Czech, b.1935)
Hand-colored photograph. Image #164, signed lower-right, captioned
along bottom and stamped verso. Lined masking tape "frame" by artist. Copy 28 of 50 - designated, "model print".
Photo taken in 1980, printed in 1984 and finished in 1987. Reproduced
p.65 of Daniela Mrazkova's JAN SAUDEK / TEXTURE OF LIFE. Prague: Panorama (1991), and also on p.82 of Czech edition, SAUDEK / LIFE,
LOVE & OTHER TRIFLES, Prague: Nakladatelstvi (1994). Fine condition.
Floating in gilt wood frame with acid-free board and anti-UV glazing.
Descriptive sheet included (with old price) from last sale in 1998, at
Serendipity Books, Berkeley, CA.
11 1/2"W X 14"H
