Lot 33
  • 33

Emil Filla

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
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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

Condition

Original canvas. There are no signs of retouching visible under ultra-violet light. Overall this work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Painted in 1930.