Artworks · Jan Saudek

A Young Dancer, Karolina.

1976 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 37.6 × 23.2 cm (14 13/16 × 9 3/16 in.); Paper: 38.3 × 26.2 cm (15 1/8 × 10 3/8 in.); Mount: 50.9 × 40.6 cm (20 1/16 × 16 in.)

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The Young Girl who Lives Upstairs

1975 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 27.9 × 27.1 cm (11 × 10 11/16 in.); Paper: 28.9 × 28.5 cm (11 7/16 × 11 1/4 in.); Mount: 50.7 × 40.8 cm (20 × 16 1/8 in.)

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My Country in Summertime. Smell of Hot Railroad Tracks and the Warm Fragrance of Hay

1975 · Gelatin silver print

26.8 × 35.1 cm (image); 28.1 × 36.2 (paper); 40.6 × 50.8 cm (mount)

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The Woman Leaves her Man

1975 · Gelatin silver print

22.1 × 35.1 cm (image); 23 × 36.2 (paper); 40.6 × 50.5 cm (mount)

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My Father

1975 · Gelatin silver print

24 × 36.2 cm (image); 25 × 37.4 (paper); 40.6 × 50.8 cm (mount)

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Oh, Morning, Bring Me a Diamond Ring...

1975 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.4 × 19.3 cm (9 5/8 × 7 5/8 in.); Paper: 25.2 × 20.3 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.)

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A Young Actor

1974 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 34.1 × 25.4 cm (13 7/16 × 10 in.); Paper: 34.9 × 27.1 cm (13 3/4 × 10 11/16 in.)

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Story of One Love

1974 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 34.3 × 25.1 cm (13 9/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Paper: 36.6 × 27.2 cm (14 7/16 × 10 3/4 in.); Mount: 50.8 × 40.7 cm (20 × 16 1/16 in.)

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Marie No. 1

1974 · Gelatin silver print

21 × 36.2 cm (image); 22.2 × 37.3 (paper); 40.6 × 50.9 cm (mount)

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120 km/h

1974 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 27 × 34.9 cm (10 11/16 × 13 3/4 in.); Paper: 28.1 × 35.8 cm (11 1/8 × 14 1/8 in.); Mount: 40.6 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)

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The Time

1973 · Gelatin silver print

48.6 × 37.3 cm (image); 50 × 38.6 (paper); 55.5 × 42.5 cm (mount)

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Childhood

1973 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 30.6 × 27.4 cm (12 1/16 × 10 13/16 in.); Paper: 31.6 × 28.1 cm (12 1/2 × 11 1/8 in.); Mount: 50.8 × 40.7 cm (20 × 16 1/16 in.)

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Jewish Girl

1973 · Gelatin silver print

35.2 × 26.9 cm (image); 36.4 × 28 (paper); 50.8 × 40.6 cm (mount)

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Mirka's New Dress

1973 · Gelatin silver print

34.9 × 27.4 cm (image); 36 × 28.2 (paper); 50.7 × 40.6 cm (mount)

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The Letter

1972 · Gelatin silver print

23.6 × 35.2 cm (image); 24.6 × 36.2 (paper); 40.6 × 50.8 cm (mount)

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From the Shadowy Forest

1972 · Gelatin silver print

25.4 × 20.2 cm (10 × 8 in.)

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Portrait of One of My Sons

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 35.2 × 21.3 cm (13 7/8 × 8 7/16 in.); Paper: 37.3 × 26.5 cm (14 11/16 × 10 7/16 in.); Mount: 50.8 × 40.6 cm (20 × 16 in.)

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Taking off

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 27.1 × 30.6 cm (10 11/16 × 12 1/16 in.); Paper: 28.3 × 31.4 cm (11 3/16 × 12 3/8 in.); Mount: 40.5 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)

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Zdena and Caroline

1970 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 35.1 × 16.8 cm (13 7/8 × 6 5/8 in.); Paper: 36.8 × 19 cm (14 1/2 × 7 1/2 in.); Mount: 50.8 × 40.6 cm (20 × 16 in.)

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Pokuseni

1970 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 23.5 × 36.2 cm (9 5/16 × 14 5/16 in.); Paper: 24.8 × 37.3 cm (9 13/16 × 14 11/16 in.); Mount: 40.6 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)

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Freedom. My son David.

1970 · Gelatin silver print

26.9 × 35.5 cm (image); 28 × 36.6 (paper); 40.6 × 50.8 cm (mount)

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Pieta

1970 · Gelatin silver print

29.2 × 27.9 cm (image); 29.8 × 28.4 (paper); 50.8 × 40.6 cm (mount)

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The Destiny Descends to the River and Accompanies Two Innocent Children

1970 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 23.5 × 34.9 cm (9 5/16 × 13 3/4 in.); Paper: 24.3 × 35.6 cm (9 5/8 × 14 1/16 in.); Mount: 40.6 × 50.5 cm (16 × 19 15/16 in.)

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The Heart

1969 · Gelatin silver print

37.8 × 48.4 cm (image); 55.3 × 46.6 cm (paper); 55.3 × 46.5 (mount)

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Near Bloomington, Indiana

1969 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 40.3 × 39.8 cm (15 7/8 × 15 11/16 in.); Mount: 61 × 51 cm (24 1/16 × 20 1/8 in.)

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Pilgrims

1968 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 37.8 × 48.3 cm (14 15/16 × 19 1/16 in.); Mount: 50.7 × 61 cm (20 × 24 1/16 in.)

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"...the youngest had a red rose in his mouth" (Samuel)

1968 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 48.5 × 38.5 cm (19 1/8 × 15 3/16 in.); Mount: 61 × 51.3 cm (24 1/16 × 20 1/4 in.)

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That was a Time of Joy. Everyone Wore Some Buttons. I Guess it's the May Day Parade.

1968 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 34.8 × 27.4 cm (13 3/4 × 10 13/16 in.); Paper: 35.6 × 28.1 cm (14 1/16 × 11 1/8 in.); Mount: 50.8 × 40.6 cm (20 × 16 in.)

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Fatherland

1968 · Gelatin silver print

23.6 × 35 (image); 24.7 × 36 (paper); 40.6 × 50.8 cm (mount)

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Kissing the Tears Away

1967 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 38.7 × 38.8 cm (15 1/4 × 15 5/16 in.); Mount: 61 × 51.3 cm (24 1/16 × 20 1/4 in.)

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Life

1966 · Gelatin silver print

48.8 × 39 cm (19 1/4 × 15 3/8 in.)

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The Morning

1966 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 27.4 × 34.3 cm (10 13/16 × 13 9/16 in.); Paper: 28.4 × 35.5 cm (11 3/16 × 14 in.)

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Summer days

1965 · Gelatin silver print

18.2 × 25 cm (image); 19 × 25.6 (paper); 40.7 × 50.8 cm (mount)

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Oh, those Days of the Sixties...

1965 · Gelatin silver print

25 × 19.5 cm (image); 26 × 20.3 (paper); 50.6 × 40.6 cm (mount)

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Medailon

1964 · Gelatin silver print

38.2 × 46.1 cm (image); 38.2 × 47.2 cm (image); 43.2 × 51.8 (mount)

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Same Boy in the Picture of the Birth. Expression of the Old Respect to Father.

1964 · Gelatin silver print

27.4 × 27.5 cm (image); 28.3 × 28.4 (paper); 50.5 × 40.7 cm (mount)

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My Brother Just Returned from Jail. A Chilly Day in the Fall.

1964 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.8 × 19.5 cm (9 13/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Paper: 25.4 × 20.3 cm (10 × 8 in.); Mount: 45.6 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 1/16 in.)

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Be in Safety (II.)

1963 · Gelatin silver print

49.6 × 36 cm (19 9/16 × 14 3/16 in.)

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Childhood (Little Feather)

1963 · Gelatin silver print

26.9 × 34.7 cm (image); 27.8 × 36 (paper); 40.6 × 50.8 cm (mount)

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First Steps

1963 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 27.4 × 35 cm (10 13/16 × 13 13/16 in.); Paper: 28.5 × 36.2 cm (11 1/4 × 14 5/16 in.); Mount: 40.6 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)

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The First Day at Home

1963 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 35.8 × 23.2 cm (14 1/8 × 9 3/16 in.); Paper: 36.9 × 24 cm (14 9/16 × 9 1/2 in.); Mount: 50.7 × 40.7 cm (20 × 16 1/16 in.)

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Chequered Heaven

1963 · Gelatin silver print

26.9 × 35 cm (image); 28.1 × 36.2 (paper); 50.8 × 40.6 cm (mount)

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Smiling in the Rain

1963 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 24 × 14.7 cm (9 1/2 × 5 13/16 in.); Mount: 45.6 × 35.5 cm (18 × 14 in.)

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Sunrise

1960 · Gelatin silver print

26.8 × 34.9 cm (image); 27.5 × 35.3 (paper); 40.6 × 50.8 cm (mount)

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In Streams

1958 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.1 × 35 cm (9 1/2 × 13 13/16 in.); Paper: 25.2 × 36 cm (9 15/16 × 14 3/16 in.); Mount: 40.6 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)

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Carnival

1958 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 35 × 27.1 cm (13 13/16 × 10 11/16 in.); Paper: 35.7 × 28.2 cm (14 1/16 × 11 1/8 in.); Mount: 50.7 × 40.6 cm (20 × 16 in.)

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Hey Joe

1956 · Gelatin silver print

21.9 × 21.4 cm (image); 27.3 × 22.2 (paper)

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Stalingrad

1956 · Gelatin silver print

27.1 × 34.8 cm (image); 28.1 × 36 (paper)

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