Lot 57
  • 57

Emil Filla

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Description

  • Emil Filla
  • Still Life with Fish (ZÁTIŠÍ S RYBOU)
  • signed and dated Emil Filla 1929 lower right
  • oil on canvas
  • 35.5 by 52.5cm., 14 by 20in.
  • 36.5 x 52.5 cm

Provenance

Dr. Karel Zinek, Prague

Exhibited

Greenwich, Connecticut, Bruce Museum, The Pleasures of Collecting: Part II, Modern and Contemporary Art, 2003

Literature

Jiří Hlušička, The Hascoe Collection of Czech Modern Art, Prague, 2004, p. 27, mentioned; p. 190, no. P21, catalogued; p. 137, pl. 124, illustrated

Condition

Original canvas. There are no signs of retouching visible under ultra-violet light. Apart from some faint craquelure to the white pigments, this work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Painted in 1929.