Window of My Studio (apple on plate)
Josef Sudek's 'Window of My Studio (apple on plate)' is a gelatin silver print, likely printed later from the original negative. This iconic work captures Sudek's poetic approach to still life and his studio environment.
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print, likely printed later.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Photographs
April 5, 2024
Lot 200
Artists in conversation
Edward Weston
American · b. 1886
Weston similarly elevated humble everyday objects like vegetables and shells into meditative black and white gelatin silver prints, bringing an intimate contemplative quality to still life photography that closely mirrors Sudek's reverent approach to ordinary subjects.
Albert Renger-Patzsch
German · b. 1897
Renger-Patzsch crafted precise and poetic black and white photographs of everyday objects and interior environments, sharing Sudek's devotion to quiet observation and the careful rendering of light falling across simple forms.
Paul Strand
American · b. 1890
Strand's intimate black and white still life and interior photographs share the same contemplative modernist sensibility as Sudek's studio work, using gelatin silver printing to transform ordinary scenes into deeply felt explorations of light, shadow, and stillness.
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