Emil Filla

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 GBP

Sold

163,250 GBP

bidding is closed

Description

Emil Filla
Head of a Girl (HLAVA DÍVKY)
signed Emil Filla and dated 30 lower left
oil on canvas
45 by 36.5cm., 17¾ by 14in.
45 x 36 cm

Provenance

Sale: Art Consulting Brno, Prague, 28 January 2001, lot 204
Purchased at the above sale

Exhibited

Prague, Mánes Hall, Exhibition of the Mánes Society of Visual Artists, 1932, no. 15

Literature

František Venera ed., Emil Filla, Brno, 1936, pl. LXIX, illustrated
Jiří Hlušička, Emil Filla, Brno, 2003, no. 83
Jiří Hlušička, The Hascoe Collection of Czech Modern Art, Prague, 2004, p. 27, mentioned; p. 190, no. P22, catalogued; p. 141, pl. 126, illustrated
Vojtěch Lahoda, Emil Filla, Prague, 2007, p. 375, no. 398, illustrated

Catalogue Note

Painted in 1930.