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Oil (sometimes mixed with rubble) on canvas
81,5 x 100 cm
on back Emil Filla 35
#20032675
Framed in original frame designed by Emil Filla Provenance: painter Emil Filla Gift for Prof.JUDr. Václav Holzknecht for his sixtieth birthday from Mrs Hana Filla, a close friend Prof.JUDr. Václav Holzknecht’s family Exhibited: London 1937, The Mayor Gallery Limited,18 Cork Street,London W.1, exhibit “Moderm Czechoslovak Paintings“, on label: no.2427 (Emil Filla himself picked his best works to be exhibited at this prestigious exhibit) This gallery masterpiece is of an extraordinary value belonged to Václav Holzknecht. Václav Holzknecht was an important Czech pianist, musical scientist, journalist, critic, dramatist, organiser and teacher, founder of the musical festival Prague Spring, member of the Mánes group and a close friend of the painter Emil Filla and his wife Hana. Restorer’s report by academic painter Věra Cedlová (restorer at the National Gallery in Prague) attached. An expertise by Prof.PhDr.Jaromír Zemina attached.
