Property from a Private American Collection
Emil Filla
Buste d'homme
Lot Closed
November 9, 01:27 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private American Collection
Emil Filla
Czech
1882 - 1953
Buste d'homme
signed and dated Emil Filla 21. upper right
ink on paper
Unframed: 62.5 by 47cm., 24½ by 18½in.
Framed: 86.5 by 69cm., 34 by 27¼in.
To be included in the forthcoming Emil Filla catalogue raisonné being prepared by Tereza Donné for the Filla Foundation.
Purchased from the above by the present owner in 1993
Executed in 1921, the present work displays Emil Filla’s approach to Picasso’s and Braque’s synthetic cubism to which the artist had been exposed during his extensive travels to Paris between 1911 and 1914. Characterised by the use of flat surfaces, sharp edges, and oblique lines, Buste d’homme showcases Filla’s talent as a draughtsman.
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