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Details
Otto Gutfreund (1889-1927)
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signed with the artist's initial 'G' (on the back of the neck to the right)
patinated plaster
Height: 13½ in. (34.3 cm.)
Executed in 1912-1913, this work is unique
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signed with the artist's initial 'G' (on the back of the neck to the right)
patinated plaster
Height: 13½ in. (34.3 cm.)
Executed in 1912-1913, this work is unique
Provenance
Private collection, Prague.
Literature
Volné Smry: Umleck Msínkí, vol. II, 1913, p. 234 (bronze version illustrated)
M. Lamac, Modern Czech Painting, 1907-1917, Prague, 1953, no. 35 (bronze version illustrated p. 63).
J. Cisarovsky, Otto Gutfreund, Prague, 1962, no. 25 (bronze version illustrated p. 130).
Arts Council of Great Britain, Painting and Sculpture by Czech and French Artists, Exh. cat., London, 1967, no. 35 (the bronze cast in the National Gallery, Prague illustrated p. 30).
Z. Tvorby, Otto Gutfreund, Prague, 1989, no. 168 (bronze version illustrated p. 296).
M. Lamac, Cubisme Tchéque, Paris, 1992, p. 105 (the bronze cast in the National Gallery, Prague illustrated).
National Gallery, Prague, Otto Gutfreund, Exh. cat. with a catalogue raisonné of sculptures, 1995, no. 77 (bronze version illustrated pp. 42, 204).
Steven A. Mansbach, Modern Art in Eastern Europe, From Baltic to the Balkans, ca. 1890-1939, Cambridge, 1999, p. 28 (bronze version illustrated fig. 12).
M. Lamac, Modern Czech Painting, 1907-1917, Prague, 1953, no. 35 (bronze version illustrated p. 63).
J. Cisarovsky, Otto Gutfreund, Prague, 1962, no. 25 (bronze version illustrated p. 130).
Arts Council of Great Britain, Painting and Sculpture by Czech and French Artists, Exh. cat., London, 1967, no. 35 (the bronze cast in the National Gallery, Prague illustrated p. 30).
Z. Tvorby, Otto Gutfreund, Prague, 1989, no. 168 (bronze version illustrated p. 296).
M. Lamac, Cubisme Tchéque, Paris, 1992, p. 105 (the bronze cast in the National Gallery, Prague illustrated).
National Gallery, Prague, Otto Gutfreund, Exh. cat. with a catalogue raisonné of sculptures, 1995, no. 77 (bronze version illustrated pp. 42, 204).
Steven A. Mansbach, Modern Art in Eastern Europe, From Baltic to the Balkans, ca. 1890-1939, Cambridge, 1999, p. 28 (bronze version illustrated fig. 12).
Further details
Jirí Šetlík has confirmed the authenticity of this work.