Lot 49
  • 49

Vincenc Makovský

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Vincenc Makovský
  • Reclining Woman (LEŽÍCÍ ŽENA)
  • bronze
  • height: 94cm., 37 in.; length: 102cm., 40in.; depth: 27cm., 10 3/4 in.

Exhibited

Greenwich, Connecticut, Bruce Museum, The Pleasures of Collecting: Part II, Modern and Contemporary Art, 2003

Literature

Jiří Hlušička, The Hascoe Collection of Czech Modern Art, Prague, 2004, no. S115, p. 132, catalogued; p. 147, pl. 132, illustrated

Condition

Bronze, rich brown patina, overall in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Conceived in 1929-30. According to Zdeněk and Jan Makovský, the artist's sons, this cast is no. 3 of a posthumous edition.

 

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