Two monographs have been dedicated to the photographic legacy of the
painter, set designer, illustrator, poet, collage artist, biographer and art
critic Jindřich Štyrský (1899–1942). The earlier of these, Jindřich
Štyrský/fotografické dílo/1934–1935 (Jindřich Štyrský/photographic
oeuvre/1934–1935) featured one hundred illustrations and was brought
out in June 1982 for the internal use of the Jazz Section of the
Musicians\' Union by the art historian Anna Fárová, at the time banned
from publishing, and thus concealed under her mother\'s maiden surname,
Annette Moussu. In 2001, the Torst publishers\' FotoTorst edition
featured (a now sold out) book of similar scope, titled simply with the
artist\'s name. The volume Jindřich Štyrský, with essays by Karel Srp,
included handsomely reproduced examples from the cycles Man with
Blinkers (named after a poem by Vítězslav Nezval), Frog Man (named
after a fairground attraction), and Parisian Afternoon (named after the
circumstances). All of the cycles focus on the Surrealist objet trouvé, so
eloquent in its mirage-like nature as to require nothing more than being
captured by the camera.
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