Lot 123
  • 123

Otto Gutfreund

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • Otto Gutfreund
  • Portrait of the Artist's Father (PORTRÉT UMĚLCOVA OTCE)
  • bronze

  • 42 by 32cm., 16½ by 12 1/2 in.
  • 42 x 29 cm

Exhibited

Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham Museum of Art, Pražské noci / Prague Nights: Czech Modern Art from the Hascoe Collection, 2007

Literature

Steven A. Mansbach, Modern Art in Eastern Europe. From Baltic to the Balkans, ca 1890-1939, Cambridge, 1999, p. 30, pl. 34, another cast illustrated
Jiří Hlušička, The Hascoe Collection of Czech Modern Art, Prague, 2004, p. 25, mentioned; p. 199, no. S89, catalogued; p. 73, pl. 55, illustrated

Condition

Bronze, black patina with a hint of green, in overall good condition. There is a central hanging ring on the reverse.
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Catalogue Note

Conceived in 1912. This is a posthumous cast made under contract with the National Gallery, Prague from their collection (inventory no. NG P 5103).