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Details
Otto Gutfreund (1889-1927)
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signed 'gutfreund' (on the back of the base); numbered 'I/II' (on the inside)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height including base: 18 in. (47 cm.)
Conceived in plaster in 1911-1912; this bronze version cast after 1977
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signed 'gutfreund' (on the back of the base); numbered 'I/II' (on the inside)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height including base: 18 in. (47 cm.)
Conceived in plaster in 1911-1912; this bronze version cast after 1977
Provenance
Milan Heidenreich, Gothenberg.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 24 March 1998, lot 15.
Private collection, Europe; sale, Christie's, London, 8 February 2005, lot 310.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 24 March 1998, lot 15.
Private collection, Europe; sale, Christie's, London, 8 February 2005, lot 310.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Volné Smry: Umleck Msínkí, vol. II, 1913, p. 234 (another cast illustrated)
M. Lamac, Modern Czech Painting, 1907-1917, Prague, 1953, no. 35 (another cast illustrated p. 63).
J. Cisarovsky, Otto Gutfreund, Prague, 1962, no. 25 (another cast illustrated p. 130).
Arts Council of Great Britain, Painting and Sculpture by Czech and French Artists, Exh. cat., London, 1967, no. 35 (the cast in the National Gallery, Prague illustrated p. 30).
Z. Tvorby, Otto Gutfreund, Prague, 1989, no. 168 (another cast illustrated p. 296).
M. Lamac, Cubisme Tchéque, Paris, 1992, p. 105 (the cast in the National Gallery, Prague illustrated).
National Gallery, Prague, Otto Gutfreund, Exh. cat. with a catalogue raisonné of sculptures, 1995, no. 77 (another cast illustrated p. 203).
Steven A. Mansbach, Modern Art in Eastern Europe, From Baltic to the Balkans, ca. 1890-1939, Cambridge, 1999, p. 28 (another cast illustrated fig. 12).
M. Lamac, Modern Czech Painting, 1907-1917, Prague, 1953, no. 35 (another cast illustrated p. 63).
J. Cisarovsky, Otto Gutfreund, Prague, 1962, no. 25 (another cast illustrated p. 130).
Arts Council of Great Britain, Painting and Sculpture by Czech and French Artists, Exh. cat., London, 1967, no. 35 (the cast in the National Gallery, Prague illustrated p. 30).
Z. Tvorby, Otto Gutfreund, Prague, 1989, no. 168 (another cast illustrated p. 296).
M. Lamac, Cubisme Tchéque, Paris, 1992, p. 105 (the cast in the National Gallery, Prague illustrated).
National Gallery, Prague, Otto Gutfreund, Exh. cat. with a catalogue raisonné of sculptures, 1995, no. 77 (another cast illustrated p. 203).
Steven A. Mansbach, Modern Art in Eastern Europe, From Baltic to the Balkans, ca. 1890-1939, Cambridge, 1999, p. 28 (another cast illustrated fig. 12).
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