Lot 67
  • 67

Karel Cerný

Estimate
20,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description

  • Karel Cerný
  • Buffet de Saxe (BAR DE SAXE)
  • signed K. Černý and dated '36 upper left
  • oil on canvas
  • 55 by 72.5cm., 21¾ by 28¾in.
  • 55 x 72.5 cm

Provenance

Dr. Jaroslav Borovička, no. 9
Sale: Galerie Pictura, Prague, 18 April 2004, lot 52
Purchased at the above sale

Exhibited

Naples, Italy, International Exhibit of Art Culture Students, 1935, no. 755
Prague, S.V.U. Mánes, 1936, no. 57 (as V buffetu de Saxe)
Sofia, 1936

Literature

Vojtěch Lahoda, Karel Černý 1910 - 1960, Prague, 2003, no. 17, p. 168, illustrated

Condition

The canvas has been relined. There is some pressed craquelure and scattered retouching.
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