Lot 12
  • 12

Antonín Procházka

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Antonín Procházka
  • Self-Portrait (AUTOPORTRÉT)
  • signed and dated A. Procházka 1908 centre right
  • oil on board

  • 44 by 37cm., 17¼ by 14½in.
  • 67.3 x 47 cm

Provenance

Karel Ditrich, Brno
Sale: Art Consulting Brno, Prague, 26 April 1998, lot 192
Purchased at the above sale

Exhibited

Brno, Olomouc, Antonín Procházka, 1945, no. 8
Brno, The Brno House of Arts, Národní umělec Antonín Procházka, Linka Procházková, nositelka Řádu práce, 1958, no. 20

Literature

Marcela Macharáčková, Antonín Procházka 1882-1945, Brno, 2002, p. 26, illustrated; p. 241, no. O 61, catalogued & illustrated
Jiří Hlušička, The Hascoe Collection of Czech Modern Art, Prague, 2004, p. 27, mentioned; p. 194, no. P56, catalogued; p. 58, pl. 39, illustrated

Condition

There are no signs of retouching under ultraviolet light. Apart from some minor scuffs and cracks in the board along the extreme lower edge, two pinholes in the upper left corner, and some light surface dirt, this work is in good original condition.
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Catalogue Note

Painted in 1908.

The present work is executed on the verso of another composition that the artist appears to have cut down (see fig. 1).

Fig. 1: The verso of the present work