1889 - 1927
Czech
Violoncelliste
bronze with brown patina
17 5/8 x 10 x 9 in, 44.8 x 25.4 x 22.9 cm
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000 CAD
Sold for: $4,375
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PROVENANCE
Erik Estorick (Grosvenor Gallery), London
Sold sale of Impressionist / Modern, Christie's South Kensington, June 22, 2012, lot 7
Acquired from the above by the present Private Collection, Vancouver
LITERATURE
J. Cisorovsky, "Otto Gutfreund," Vytavarne Umenni, Prague, 1962, no. 26, c.k. #71
Otto Gutfreund, Exhibition catalogue with a catalogue raisonné of sculptures, National Gallery, Prague, 1996, #78 and reproduced page 203
EXHIBITED
Grosvenor Gallery, London, Otto Gutfreund: Czech Cubist Sculpture and Drawings, 1911 - 1927, 1966, catalogue #6
This sculpture was conceived circa 1912 - 1913, and cast by Fiorini & Carby Foundry, London, in 1966.
Jiri Setlik confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture when it was sold in 2012.
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