Lot 133
  • 133

Bohumil Kubišta

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • Bohumil Kubi�ta
  • Portrait of the Artist's Mother (PORTRÉT UMĚLCOVY MATKY)
  • signed B. Kubišta lower left
  • oil on canvas
  • 64 by 48cm., 25¼ by 19in.
  • 64 x 48 cm

Provenance

Sale: Vltavín Auction Hall, Prague, 25 September 1999, lot 22
Purchased at the above sale

Exhibited

Prague, National Gallery - Wallenstein Riding School, Bohumil Kubišta 1884-1918, 1993, no. 5

Literature

Mahulena Nešlehová, Bohumil Kubišta 1884-1918, Prague, 1984, no. 4
Jiří Hlušička, The Hascoe Collection of Czech Modern Art, Prague, 2004, p. 26, mentioned; p. 192, no. P40, catalogued; p, 54, pl. 35, illustrated

Condition

The canvas has been relined. There are no signs of retouching visible under ultra-violet light. Overall thsi wrok is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Painted in 1905.