Lot 29
  • 29

Otto Gutfreund

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Otto Gutfreund
  • Morning Toilette (PŘI TOALETĚ)
  • bronze

  • height: 45.5cm., 18 in. (excluding base)
  • 44 x 24 x 12 cm

Provenance

Dr. Ivo Digrin, Prague 
Purchased from the above on 7 May 1999

Literature

Umělecký Měsíčník, I, 1911-1912
Peter Cannon-Brookes, Czech Sculpture 1800-1938, London, 1983, p. 84, pl. 126, another cast illustrated
Lenka Bydžovská & Vojtěch Lahoda, Czech Art 1900-1990 from the Collections of the Prague City Gallery, House of the Golden Ring, Prague City Art Gallery, Prague, 1998, p. 90, another cast
Olga Uhrová et al., Vincenc Kramář, From Old Masters to Picasso, Prague, 2000, p. 114, another cast
Jiří Hlušička, The Hascoe Collection of Czech Modern Art, Prague, 2004, pp. 197- 198, no. S82, catalogued; p. 66, pl. 47, illustrated

Condition

Bronze, black-brown patina, overall in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Conceived in 1911. This is a posthumous cast.