Join The Collection to save, track, and explore works like this.

Jan Saudek — 'The Kitsch #182'
Jan Saudek

'The Kitsch #182'

A hand-coloured gelatin silver print exploring themes of artificiality and aesthetic excess through Saudek's distinctive visual language. The work combines technical precision with artistic conceptualism, marked by the artist's characteristic tape borders and handwritten annotations.

Medium
hand-coloured gelatin silver print, with tape borders, titled in white ink on the image and dated in red ink on the tape, framed, 1985
Spotted At
Auction House · Sotheby's

🔨 Auction Lot

Photographs, Including Works from the Collection of Ernesto Esposito

November 10, 2022

Estimate: $1,000 – $1,500

Lot 42

Start the Discussion

Request access to join the discussion

About this work

Jan Saudek, 'The Kitsch #182'

A hand-coloured gelatin silver print exploring themes of artificiality and aesthetic excess through Saudek's distinctive visual language. The work combines technical precision with artistic conceptualism, marked by the artist's characteristic tape borders and handwritten annotations.

Medium
hand-coloured gelatin silver print, with tape borders, titled in white ink on the image and dated in red ink on the tape, framed, 1985
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Hand-Colored, Jan Saudek, Hand Coloured, Surreal, Conceptual, Photograph, Fine Art Photography, Gelatin Silver Print, Hand-Coloured Photograph, Kitsch, Whimsical, Czech, 1985, 1980s, Contemporary, Post-Modern