Lot 13
  • 13

Jan Štursa

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
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Description

  • Jan �tursa
  • Puberty (PUBERTA)
  • inscribed Štursa on the base
  • bronze
  • height: 82.5cm., 32½ in.
  • 83 x 26 x 25 cm

Literature

Antonín Matěček, Jan Štursa, Prague, 1923, another cast
Jiří Mašín, Jan Štursa 1880-1925, Prague, 1981, pl. 1, another cast illustrated
Peter Cannon-Brookes, Czech Sculpture 1800-1938, London, 1983, p. 71, pl. 108, another cast illustrated
Czech Modern Art 1900-1960, National Gallery & The Trade Fair Palace, Prague, exh. cat., 1995, p. 47, another cast illustrated
Jiří Hlušička, The Hascoe Collection of Czech Modern Art, Prague, 2004, p. 24, mentioned; p. 204, no. S125, catalogued; p. 39, pl. 19, illustrated

Condition

Bronze, black-brown patina with some rubbing to the extremities (especially nose and nipples). There is some minor pitting to the back of the legs, otherwise this work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Conceived in 1905. This is a posthumous cast made under contract with the National Gallery, Prague from their collection (inventory no. NG P 2246).