Jan Saudek (b.1935), The kiss of Death, 1999

Photograph; original gelatin-silver print, 41 x 31.2 cm
Limited Edition: 18/30 Eighteenth print of thirty
Signed p.d.: JAN SAUDEK;
On the outline Edition of Prints from this Negative is limited to 30 (thirty). This is Print No: 18 (eighteen) #829, >>The Kiss of Death<<, Model Print, Finished: October 9, 1899 (Saudek antidated his works by 100 years)

Provenance:
Private Collection Prague

Jan Saudek (1935) - one of the most recognizable Czech photographers, has exhibited his work at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, among others. His photographs are part of the most important collections in Europe, Asia or the United States.

FILM: Jan Saudek - directed by Jerome de Missolz (Polish subtitles) - 1990 film presenting the artist's workshop and the place where he created his photographs