34Jan Zrzavý

1890 – 1977

Winning head (Virgin)

The painting is a pendant of Jan Zrzavý’s "Profile-Archangel Gabriel" Restorer’s report by academic painter Věra Cedlová (restorer at the National Gallery in Prague) attached. PhDr Karel Srp’s expertise attached (he is the author of Zrzavy’s monograph) provenance: - painter Jan Zzavý - after 1963, an important foreign businessman bought off the painting directly from Jan Zrzavy (on the basis of the plead of the government of ČSSR) - private English collection published (for instance): - Dalibor Plichta: REALIST DER INNEREN SICHT, Der Maler Jan Zrzavý,published by Artia Prag 1958, whole-page reproduced as no.55 (Bekranzter Kopf) a Le Peintre Jan Zrzavy-Symboliste Moderne no.55 (Téte Couronnée) - František Dvořák:Jan Zrzavý,Praha 1965,reproduced as no.58 - Miroslav Lamač:Jan Zrzavý, published by Odeon Praha,1980, reproduced on page 159 - Karel Srp :Jan Zrzavý,published by Academia, 2003, page 391, photograph of the painting with the painter Jan Zrzavy at his atelier in Prague- Bubeneč, 592/15 Českomoravská St. (1955) reproduced exhibited: - Jan Zrzavý: "Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings",Prague Galerie Československého spisovatele, Catalogue no. 16 a 17,reproduced in exhibition catalogue - Jan Zrzavý: "Paintings", Prague- Na Zábradlí Theatre, November 1960 ( catalogue no.15 a 16) - Jan Zrzavý, Havlíčkův Brod Museum (20.11.-11.12.1960 (catalogue no. 20 a 21) - Jan Zrzavý, Čáslav Museum (21.12.1960-15.1.1961) (catalogue no. 20 a 21) - Jan Zrzavý: "Exhibition of paintings and drawings",Chrudim, January 1961 (Zdeněk Nejedlý’s Show-Room) - Jan Zrzavý:"Paintings, drawings, illustrations", Vysoké Mýto- The City Gallery Show-room (27.5--18.6.1961), catalogue no.18 a 19 - Jan Zrzavý:"Paintings, drawings, illustrations", Písek Museum, (10.9.-8.10.1961, catalogue no. 18 a 19) - Jan Zrzavý:"Paintings- drawings- illustrations", Vysočina Regional Gallery in Jihlava (5.11.-3.12.1961, Catalogue no.18 a 19, reproduced in exhibit catalogue) - Jan Zrzavý: Regional gallery of fine art Litoměřice (11.1.-25.2.1962, catalogue no. 18 a 19, reproduced in exhibit catalogue) - Jan Zrzavý:"Dílo 1907-1962", Mánes Prague (31.1.-14.4.1963, catalogue no.187 a 188) - Jan Zrzavý:"Dílo 1907-1962", Dům pánů z Kunštátu Brno,(April-May 1963 , Catalogue no.129 a30) Jan Zrzavý is one of the most important members of Czech avant-garde emerging at the onset of the twentieth century. Jan Zrzavý participated in exhibitions organised by the artistic group Sursum. He was a member of the Tvrdošíjný group, Umělecká beseda and SVU Mánes.