Lot 87
  • 87

Otto Gutfreund

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • Otto Gutfreund
  • Head of a Young Girl (HLAVA MLADÉ DÍVKY)
  • inscribed gutfreund and with the Ondra Praha foundry mark and the stamp of the National Gallery, Prague

  • bronze

  • height: 20cm., 8in.
  • 20 x 25 x 25 cm

Literature

Jiří Hlušička, The Hascoe Collection of Czech Modern Art, Prague, 2004, p. 201, no. S103, catalogued; p. 119, pl. 104, illustrated

Condition

Bronze, brown -black patina. Apart from some rubbing to the extremities this work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Conceived in 1925. This is a posthumous cast made under contract with the National Gallery, Prague from their collection (inventory no. NG P 1394).