Lot 59
  • 59

Antonín Procházka

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description

  • Antonín Procházka
  • Still Life with Tulips (ZÁTIŠÍ S TULIPÁNY)
  • signed with initials AP lower right
  • oil on canvas
  • 41 by 31cm., 16¼ by 12¼in.
  • 41 x 31cm

Provenance

Milan Heidenreich, Gothenburg
Sale: Art Consulting Brno, Prague, 8 October 2000, lot 97
Purchased at the above sale

Literature

Marcela Macharáčková, Antonín Procházka 1882-1945, Brno, 2002, p. 249, no. O 137, catalogued & illustrated
Jiří Hlušička, The Hascoe Collection of Czech Modern Art, Prague, 2004, p. 27, mentioned; p. 195, no. P61, catalogued; p. 81, pl. 64, illustrated

Condition

The canvas has been relined. There are a very few minor spots of retouching along the lower edge. There is a crescent-shaped line in the lower left quarter where the paint has lifted from the canvas, this needs to be stabilized. Otherwise this work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Painted in 1915.