Josef Václav Myslbek

Lot 173: JOSEF VÁCLAV MYSLBEK

Name: JOSEF VÁCLAV MYSLBEK
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: c33a81d235

Est: £3,000 GBP - £4,000 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomJune 13, 2011

Item Overview

Description

JOSEF VÁCLAV MYSLBEK CZECH 1848 - 1922 SELF PORTRAIT (AUTOPORTRÉT) inscribed LIL FR BARTAK bronze height: 60cm., 23 1/2 in.

Artist or Maker

Josef Václav Myslbek

Literature

Peter Cannon-Brookes, Czech Sculpture 1800-1938, London, 1983, p. 31, fig. 39, illustrated
Vojtech Volavka, Josef Václav Myslbek, Prague, 1942
Jiří Hlušička, The Hascoe Collection of Czech Modern Art, Prague, 2004, p. 24, mentioned; pp. 203-204, no. S122, catalogued; p. 32, pl. 12, illustrated

Provenance

Jindřich Waldes
Confiscated in 1940
National Gallery, Prague, 1940-1996, no. P415
Restituted to Jíří Waldes, son of Jindřich Waldes, in 1996
Sale: Meissner-Neumann, Prague, November 1997, lot 153
Purchased at the above sale

Notes

Conceived in 1902-1903.

Auction Details

The Hascoe Family Collection: Important Czech Art

Sotheby's

June 13, 2011, 12:00 PM GMT

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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