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BIRTH OF THE MODERN: THE ARNOLD AND JOAN SALTZMAN COLLECTION
OTTO GUTFREUND (1889-1927)
Milenci (Embracing Figures)
Details
OTTO GUTFREUND (1889-1927)
Milenci (Embracing Figures)
stamped with intial, numbered and stamped with foundry mark '3⁄6 G UR' (on the side of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 26 in. (66 cm.)
Conceived in 1913-1914
Milenci (Embracing Figures)
stamped with intial, numbered and stamped with foundry mark '3⁄6 G UR' (on the side of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 26 in. (66 cm.)
Conceived in 1913-1914
Provenance
Art Centrum (Czechoslovak Center of Fine Arts), Prague.
Acquired from the above by the late owners, September 1976.
Acquired from the above by the late owners, September 1976.
Literature
P. Cannon-Brookes, Czech Sculpture, 1800-1938, London, 1938, p. 84 (another cast illustrated, p. 85, fig. 128; dated 1912-1913).
J. Císařovský, Otto Gutfreund, Prague, 1962, no. 65 (titled Objímající se postavy).
M. Lamač, Modern Czech Painting, 1907-1917, Prague, 1953, p. 6, no. 43 (original plaster model illustrated; dated 1912-1913).
J. Setlík, ed., Otto Gutfreund: Zázemí tvorby, Prague, 1989, p. 325, no. 171 (patinated blue-toned plaster version illustrated in color; titled Skupina (Milenci; Objímající se postavy)).
M. Lamač, Cubisme Tchèque, Paris, 1992, p. 107 (original plaster model illustrated; dated 1912-191).
Otto Gutfreund, exh. cat., National Gallery, Prague, 1996, no. 89 (another cast illustrated, pl. 48).
S.A. Mansbach, Modern Art in Eastern Europe, From Baltic to the Balkans, ca. 1890-1939, Cambridge, 1999, p. 31 (another cast illustrated, fig. 36).
J. Setlík, Otto Gutfreund: Cesta ke kubismu, Prague, 2012, p. 121 (patinated blue-toned plaster version illustrated in color, p. 120; titled Milenci (Objímající se postavy)).
J. Císařovský, Otto Gutfreund, Prague, 1962, no. 65 (titled Objímající se postavy).
M. Lamač, Modern Czech Painting, 1907-1917, Prague, 1953, p. 6, no. 43 (original plaster model illustrated; dated 1912-1913).
J. Setlík, ed., Otto Gutfreund: Zázemí tvorby, Prague, 1989, p. 325, no. 171 (patinated blue-toned plaster version illustrated in color; titled Skupina (Milenci; Objímající se postavy)).
M. Lamač, Cubisme Tchèque, Paris, 1992, p. 107 (original plaster model illustrated; dated 1912-191).
Otto Gutfreund, exh. cat., National Gallery, Prague, 1996, no. 89 (another cast illustrated, pl. 48).
S.A. Mansbach, Modern Art in Eastern Europe, From Baltic to the Balkans, ca. 1890-1939, Cambridge, 1999, p. 31 (another cast illustrated, fig. 36).
J. Setlík, Otto Gutfreund: Cesta ke kubismu, Prague, 2012, p. 121 (patinated blue-toned plaster version illustrated in color, p. 120; titled Milenci (Objímající se postavy)).
Exhibited
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, Czech Art in the Velvet Revolution, December 1990-April 1991, p. 44 (illustrated; dated 1912-1913).
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, Forms in Space: 20th Century Sculpture, March-May 1999, p. 91 (illustrated, p. 73).
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, Forms in Space: 20th Century Sculpture, March-May 1999, p. 91 (illustrated, p. 73).