Lot 11
  • 11

Otto Gutfreund

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Otto Gutfreund
  • Cubist Bust (KUBISTICKÉ POPRSÍ)
  • bronze

  • height: 60.5cm., 23½ in.
  • 60 x 58 x 43 cm

Exhibited

Greenwich, Connecticut, Bruce Museum, The Pleasures of Collecting: Part II, Modern and Contemporary Art, 2003
Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham Museum of Art, Pražské noci / Prague Nights: Czech Modern Art from the Hascoe Collection, 2007

Literature

Cubist Art, Los Angeles and New York, exh. cat., 1970-1971, no. 140, another cast catalogued
Le Cubisme à Prague, Château de Biron, Dordogne & Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy, exh. cat., 1991, no. 44, another cast catalogued
Otto Gutfreund, National Gallery, Prague, exh. cat., 1996, no. 88, another cast catalogued
Jiří Hlušička, The Hascoe Collection of Czech Modern Art, Prague, 2004, p. 25, mentioned; p. 200, no. S95, catalogued; p. 78, pl. 60, illustrated

Condition

Attractive mottled dark-brown patina. Overall in good condition.
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