Sulamit Rahu
Details
JAN ŠTURSA (1880-1925)
Sulamit Rahu
signed 'ŠTURSA' (on the top of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 24 3/8 in. (62 cm.)
Conceived in 1910-1911
Sulamit Rahu
signed 'ŠTURSA' (on the top of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 24 3/8 in. (62 cm.)
Conceived in 1910-1911
Provenance
Jindřich Waldes, Prague, from whom confiscated in 1940.
National Gallery Prague (no. P404), 1940-1996.
Restituted to Jiří Waldes, son of Jindřich Waldes, in 1996; sale, Meissner-Neumann, Prague, 9 November 1997, lot 163.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
National Gallery Prague (no. P404), 1940-1996.
Restituted to Jiří Waldes, son of Jindřich Waldes, in 1996; sale, Meissner-Neumann, Prague, 9 November 1997, lot 163.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
H. Vollmer, ed., Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, vol. 32, Leipzig, 1938, p. 260 (dated '1911').
J. Hlušička, The Hascoe Collection of Czech Modern Art of the First Half of the Twentieth Century, Prague, 2004, no. S130, p. 204.
J. Hlušička, The Hascoe Collection of Czech Modern Art of the First Half of the Twentieth Century, Prague, 2004, no. S130, p. 204.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
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