Lot 69
  • 69

Bruno Schulz

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • Bruno Schulz
  • Four People Sitting at a Table: A Double Sided Drawing
  • signed Bruno Schulz and dated 1928 (lower right); inscribed with the letter F (lower left, verso)
  • pencil on paper (recto) and ink on paper (verso), unframed
  • 5 5/8 by 6 1/2 in.
  • 14.5 by 16.2 cm.
  • Executed in 1928.

Exhibited

Warsaw, Muzeum Literatury, Bruno Schulz 1892-1942. Ad Memoriam, November 1992-July 1993
Stockholm, Jewish Museum of Stockholm, Franz Kafka and Bruno Schulz – Masters of the Borderlands, October 2010-March 2011

Literature

Wojciech Chmurzynskiego, ed., Memoirs of the Exhibition “Bruno Schulz – 1892-1942. Ad Memoriam” at the Muzeum Literatury in Warsaw, Warsaw, 1995, p. 282

Condition

Matted and unframed. This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet is hinged to the backing board at the top. There are light glue stains along the top and bottom of the sheet, possibly due to a prior matting. The sheet has darkened slightly over time. There are minor soft creases throughout.
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