portfolio 4

JAROSLAV RÖSSLER
10 Photographs 1923–1930

Portfolio 1982

JAROSLAV RÖSSLER (1902–1990)

Cardboard Construction in Light and Shadows, Prague, 1924

gelatin silver print, printed 1982

23 x 23 cm

© Rudolf Kicken Galerie, Cologne 1982 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin

JAROSLAV RÖSSLER (1902–1990)

Shapes in Light and Shadows, Prague, 1924-25

gelatin silver print, printed 1982

23 x 23 cm

© Rudolf Kicken Galerie, Cologne 1982 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin

JAROSLAV RÖSSLER (1902–1990)

Enigmatic Relief in Cardboard, Prague, 1923-1925

gelatin silver print, printed 1982

23,5 x 17,5 cm

© Rudolf Kicken Galerie, Cologne 1982 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin

JAROSLAV RÖSSLER (1902–1990)

Still-life with Bowl, Prague, 1924

gelatin silver print, printed 1982

23,5 x 17 cm

© Rudolf Kicken Galerie, Cologne 1982 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin

JAROSLAV RÖSSLER (1902–1990)

Light Well, Prague, 1923

gelatin silver print, printed 1982

23 x 22,5 cm

© Rudolf Kicken Galerie, Cologne 1982 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin

JAROSLAV RÖSSLER (1902–1990)

Eiffel Tower, Paris, 1929

gelatin silver print, printed 1982

23 x 16,7 cm

© Rudolf Kicken Galerie, Cologne 1982 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin

JAROSLAV RÖSSLER (1902–1990)

Telephone Cables, Prague, 1924

gelatin silver print, printed 1982

22,5 x 28,5 cm

© Rudolf Kicken Galerie, Cologne 1982 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin

JAROSLAV RÖSSLER (1902–1990)

January 25, Prague, 1927

gelatin silver print, printed 1982

23 x 23,5 cm

© Rudolf Kicken Galerie, Cologne 1982 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin

JAROSLAV RÖSSLER (1902–1990)

Radio World, Prague, c. 1924

gelatin silver print, printed 1982

23 x 23 cm

© Rudolf Kicken Galerie, Cologne 1982 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin

JAROSLAV RÖSSLER (1902–1990)

Glass Reflections, Paris, 1929-1930

gelatin silver print, printed 1982

23 x 22,5 cm

© Rudolf Kicken Galerie, Cologne 1982 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin

 

Biography
1902 born in Smillov, Czechoslovakia, 1917 apprentice in portrait studio of Frantisek Drtikol. 1923 meets modern art theorist Karel Teige; joins avant-garde group "Devetsil", exhibits in Photosalon, Paris 1926 works in studio of Manuel Frères, Paris. 1927 photographs for the weekly "Pestrý týden" and for the avant-garde theater "Osvobozené divadlo", Prague. 1928–1935 works in various studios in Paris; interest in genre and spontaneous photography. 1935–1951 establishes own portrait studio in Prague. 1951 joins association "Fotografia" and renews creative experimentation involving unusual technical approaches.

The portfolio contains ten signed photographs printed from the original glass plate negatives under the supervision of Jaroslav Rössler. It is published in a limited edition of thirty numbered copies and five artist's proof in Roman numerals. The photographs have been printed by André Gelpke on Kodak Ektalure R paper and archivally processed.

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