Otto Gutfreund (1889-1927) Sedící žena II stamped with the initial and numbered 'G 3/3' (on the right) bronze with brown-green patina Height: 9 3/8 in. (24 cm.) Conceived in 1927, this cast executed post-1945, probably in the 1960s
Provenance
Private collection, Prague.
Literature
National Gallery, Prague, Otto Gutfreund, exh. cat., with a catalogue raisonné of sculptures, 1995, no. 371/II (other casts illustrated pp. 141 & 275). P. Cannon-Brookes, Czech Sculpture 1800-1938, exh. cat, London, 1983, no. 158 (another cast illustrated p. 103).
Lot Essay
Jirí Šetlík has confirmed the authenticity of this work.