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Viktor Kolář: Retrospective. An exhibition held at the
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703:. Museum – The World of Glass, St. Helens, UK.
667:. Galerie výtvarného umění v Ostravě, Ostrava.
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516:. Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco.
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177:. Text in Czech, German and English.
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302:International Centre of Photography
229:PhotoTorst 9. Prague: Torst, 2002.
212:Seminar in Documentary Photography.
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634:. Galerie Václava Špály, Prague.
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274:Berlin: Only Photography, 2015.
195:Viktor Kolář and Jaroslav Žila.
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665:Viktor Kolář. Ostrava 1963–1999
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270:Viktor Kolář and Roland Angst.
947:Birgus, Vadimír; Mlčoch, Jan.
491:. Realistické divadlo, Prague.
398:Ostrava – fotografie 1968–1980
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996:"Viktor Kolář – Bibliography"
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267:. Text in Czech and English.
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169:West Berlin: Ex-Pose, 1986.
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379:. Optica Gallery, Montreal.
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377:Viktor Kolar's Czech Eye
296:Art Institute of Chicago
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372:. Černá louka, Ostrava.
199:Ostrava: SFINGA, 1995.
197:Ostrava-obležené město.
154:Ostrava: Profil, 1986.
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565:. Slovenský rozhlas,
451:. Fotochema, Ostrava.
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393:. Fotochema, Ostrava.
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272:Viktor Kolář: Human.
259:Prague: Kant, 2013.
244:Prague: Kant, 2010.
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449:Novosvětská setkání
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