20Vojtěch Preissig

1873 – 1944

Art Fundamental - Proportion

on the back are label Waldes gallery No. 2156b and stamp NGP VK 239/98 Along with the painting Art Fundamental - Invention is already offered as the last work of famous cycle Art Fundamental in held of Waldes family provenance: - Jindrich Waldes (bought directly from V. Preissig for Waldes gallery) - confiscated by the Nazis in 1938 (passed to the National Gallery in Prague) - restitution of the National Gallery in Prague (called Waldes restitution in 1996, in NG Prague, No. EB 240/98) - long-term loan of the National Gallery in Prague (Kinsky palace - a collection of drawings) until 24th July 2009 exhibited: - Vojtech Preissig, Museum of national literature in collaboration with the Union of Czechoslovak artists, National Gallery and National printery in Prague from 22nd October to 24th November 1968 Gallery of Vaclav Spala, New hall - Vojtech Preissig (1873-1944), Riding hall of Prague Castle from 5th Octoberth 2004 to 30th January 2005 (The exhibition of the work of Vojtech Preissig) published: - Encyclopedia of Czech art, the author of CSAV, Academia Praha 1975 page 391 - Guide to the exhibition of the work of Vojtech Preissig, National Gallery in Prague, Prague Castle Management, UMPRUM Prague, Museum of National Literature, reproduced on page 45