Lot 138
  • 138

Otto Gutfreund

Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Description

  • Otto Gutfreund
  • Supplication (PROSBA)
  • with the Ondra Praha foundry mark and the stamp of the National Gallery, Prague
  • bronze

  • height: 26cm., 10¼ in.
  • 26 x 14 x 9 cm

Literature

Jiří Hlušička, The Hascoe Collection of Czech Modern Art, Prague, 2004, no. S84, p. 198, catalogued; p. 67, pl. 49, illustrated

Condition

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

Conceived in 1911-12. This is a posthumous cast made under contract with the National Gallery, Prague from their collection (inventory no. NG P 6144).