Lot 126
  • 126

Emil Filla

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Emil Filla
  • Woman's Head (HLAVA ŽENY)
  • inscribed Emil Filla and with the date '34; with the Ondra Praha foundry mark and the stamp of the National Gallery, Prague
  • bronze
  • height: 31cm., 12 1/4 in. (excluding base)
  • 33 x 26 x 22 cm

Literature

Jiří Hlušička, Emil Filla, Brno, 2003, no. 89, another cast catalogued
Jiří Hlušička, The Hascoe Collection of Czech Modern Art, Prague, 2004, p. 197, no. S78, catalogued; p. 156, pl. 143, illustrated

Condition

Bronze, rich black-brown patina, in overall good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Conceived in 1934. This is a posthumous cast made under contract with the National Gallery, Prague from their collection (inventory no. NG P 5339).