Lot 70
  • 70

Emil Filla

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 GBP
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Description

  • Emil Filla
  • Woman Selling Fish (PRODAVAČKA RYB)
  • signed Emil Filla and dated 46 upper left
  • oil on canvas
  • 120 by 80cm., 47¼ by 31½in.
  • 120 x 80 cm

Provenance

Estate of Milan Heidenreich, Gothenburg
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 24 March 1998, lot 12
Sale: Galerie Pictura, Prague, 22 April 2001, lot 65
Purchased at the above sale

Exhibited

Prague, S.V.U. Mánes,  Emil Filla, Works from 1946-47, 1947, no. 11
Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham Museum of Art, Pražské noci / Prague Nights: Czech Modern Art from the Hascoe Collection, 2007

Literature

Jiří Hlušička, Emil Filla, Brno, 2003, no. 103
Jiří Hlušička, The Hascoe Collection of Czech Modern Art, Prague, 2004, pp. 8 & 27, mentioned; p. 190, no. P25, catalogued; p. 178, pl. 164, illustrated

Condition

Original canvas. There are no signs of retouching visible under ultra-violet light. There are some minor spots of paint loss to the upper and lower left part of the composition (visible in the catalogue illustration). Otherwise this work is in good condition.
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