29Emil Filla

1882 – 1953

Still Life with a book or Still Life with bottle of Cherry (Comédie de la Mort)

On the back are labels from the exhibitions. Appended the restoration form from Vera Cedlova (restorer of National Gallery in Prague) provenance: - Emil Filla´s property and after his death his family until the 80th of the 20 century - bought Jan Koukal from Emil Filla´s family - bought around 1990 by collector of Czech Cubism Milan Heidenreich - after his death, sold in March 1997 to a foreign collection world of Cubism on auction Sothebys London Impressionist and Modern Art ", Lot 216 (sold at about that time incredible 56 500 GBP.) exhibited: - Manes, Prague, May 1932, Jubilee exhibition of works by Emil Filla, cat. No. 65 - London, The Mayor Gallery, 1937 Czechoslovak Modern Paintings, cat. No. 12 - Museum Moderner Kunst Passau, Salzburg Landessammlungen Rupertinum, Kulturhaus der Stadt Graz 1991 Cubism tschechischer Emil Filla und Zeitgenossen, reproduced on the cover of the exhibition catalog and on page 29 published (eg): - Emil Filla, Origins - A collection of good art, published in 1938 by Melantrich Prague, Controls Emil Filla and Bedrich Fucik with an introduction by prof. A. Matejicek, reproduced as No. 1; Emil Filla individually listed the painting as a key cross-sectional throughout his work presented here. - Jiri Hlusicka Emil Filla, published by GAP Brno 2003, reproduced (listed with incorrect details - description) - Vojtech Lahoda Emil Filla, published Academia Prague 2007, reproduced under No. 172 on p. 191 (shown with wrong dated).