Product Description
Japanese Showa Period ebonized cypress occasional table c. 1930
SHOWA PERIOD (1926-1989) Japan
Occasional table c.1930
Water-worn ebonized cypress with a prominent grain pattern on four splayed legs
H: 12 ½” x W 29” x L: 41 ½”
Japanese Showa Period ebonized cypress occasional table c. 1930
Length: 50 inches Width of the turquoise beads: 3/8 of an inch
Weight: 2.01 Troy ounces TW / 62.6 grams / 40.3 pennyweights
JAROSLAV RÖSSLER (1902-1990) Czech Republic
Untitled c. 1930’s
Gelatin silver print
Signed: -1G- (in green ink on back); JAR. RÖSSLER, PRAHA XI, Ti mars.
Koneva 174 (blue stamp on back); CZ 12 and other annotations in pencil on back
Provenance: Monah L Gettner, New York
H: 8 1/8” x W: 6 1/8” (unframed)
H: 18 5/8” x W: 16 1/8” (framed)
Price: $17,500
Jaroslav Rössler was undoubtedly one of the most important representatives of Czech avant-garde photography during the 1920s and 1930s. His works rank among the most progressive examples of the use of abstract art and Constructivism in photography. Rössler‘s work has been included in numerous international exhibitions and can be found in major museum collections including the J. Paul Getty Museum, Museum Folkwang and Houston Museum of Fine Arts.