Lot 6
  • 6

Josef Capek

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 GBP
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Description

  • Josef Capek
  • Girl in a Hat & The Toy Seller: a double-sided work (DÍVKA V KLOBOUČKU A PRODAVAČ HRAČEK: oboustranná malba)
  • signed with initials J.Č. lower right
  • oil and tempera on canvas
  • 50 by 33cm., 19½ by 13in.
  • 50 x 33 cm

Exhibited

Prague, The Municipal House, Josef Čapek: The Humblest Art, 2003-04, p. 144, illustrated in the catalogue
Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham Museum of Art, Pražské noci / Prague Nights: Czech Modern Art from the Hascoe Collection, 2007

Literature

Jaroslav Slavík and Jiří Opelík, Josef Čapek, Prague, 1996, p. 192, illustrated
Jiří Hlušička, The Hascoe Collection of Czech Modern Art, Prague, 2004, p. 27, mentioned; p. 188, no. P4, catalogued; pp. 90-91, pl. 74 & 75, illustrated

Condition

Original canvas. There are no signs of retouching visible under ultra-violet light. This work is overall in very good original condition; clean and ready to hang.
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Catalogue Note

Painted in 1916-1917.