Lot 160

František Drtikol (1883 - 1961) A PORTRAIT OF TOMÁŠ GARRIGUE MASARYK

The portrait of the Czechoslovak president Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk by František Drtikol with the president's handwritten signature is undoubtedly one of the collectors' uniqueness. František Drtikol created an impressive work, which we can undoubtedly rank among the greatest Czech contributions to world photography of the first half of the 20th century. He was one of the pioneers of Czech artistic portraiture and nude. Portrait photography comes from the period of František Drtikol's great fame, when he maintained his position as the best portrait photographer in Prague.