Founded in 2009, Adolf Loos Apartment and Gallery is the most successful Czech auction house and gallery specializing in the sale of high-quality paintings, sculptures and designs by important Czech and foreign artists.It provides professional consultations, authentication, restoration and framing services in close collaboration with renowned experts. Since its establishment, the company has also been engaged in publishing editorial, and exhibition activities.
AUCTION
Since 2009, the Adolf Loos Apartment and Gallery has been organising select auctions of works of art. Traditionally, these auctions are an extraordinary and exclusive event on the Czech art market. It is at these auctions that the vast majority of world auction records for Czech painters have been set. Several world auction records of foreign artists have also been set here. The success rate of sales is unique. It ranges between 90 and 100 percent.
The Adolf Loos Apartment and Gallery auction house offers only a limited number of several dozen auction lots of the highest collector quality in its auctions, which are held only twice a year. As a result, it holds the top spot for the highest average price of an auction lot sold in the Czech Republic. All the top artworks that appear in select auctions are carefully selected and consulted by individual experts. As the only auction house in the Czech Republic, this auction house provides a lifetime guarantee of authenticity for the artworks sold.
Adolf Loos Apartment and Gallery's select auctions are held in the exhibition hall of the iconic Expo 58 building, considered one of the most beautiful buildings in world architecture of the second half of the 20th century, and a symbol of the international success of Czechoslovak art and architecture. The building, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the permanent home of the Adolf Loos Apartment and Gallery exhibition hall called Expo 58 ART. The company has achieved its outstanding track records due to the Director’s personal contacts with domestic and international restituents, collectors, private and state institutions, funds and museums. The company’s Director Vladimir Lekes is the only Czech art expert listed in the prestigious and world-renowned Guide international des experts et spécialites, published in France.
Frantisek Kupka - Conception / Danae
date of sale: 21.4.2024
price: 5.060.000 EUR
the most expensive artwork auctioned in the Czech Republic
a new author's record of a painter achieved in the Czech Republic
around 1930
oil on canvas
49 x 73 cm
signed lower left: Kupka
Toyen - Circus
date of sale: 18.4.2021
price: 3.059.900 EUR
world auction record of the author
1925
oil on canvas
90 x 90 cm
signed lower right: TOYEN
Toyen: La Dame de Pique
date of sale: 4.10.2020
price: 3.025.000 EUR
1926
oil on canvas
92 x 65 cm
signed lower right: TOYEN 1926
Oskar Kokoschka: Prague - View from the Monastery of the Knights of the Cross with a Red Star
date of sale: 20. 10. 2019
price: 3.018.750 EUR
the most expensive artwork auctioned in Czech Republic in 2019
1934
oil on canvas
85 x 115 cm
signed lower right: OK
from the collection of Ladislav Jerie
Frantisek Kupka: Series C I. (Plans Miniscules)
date of sale: 26. 11. 2016
price: 2.300.000 EUR
the most expensive artwork auctioned in the Czech Republic in 2016
1935
oil on wooden panel
55 x 60 cm
signed lower right: Kupka
Frantisek Kupka: The Shape of Blue
date of sale: 18. 4. 2012
price: 2.393.000 EUR
the most expensive artwork auctioned in the Czech Republic in 2012
1913
oil on canvas
73 x 60 cm
signed lower left: Kupka
from the Jindrich Waldes collection
Toyen - Serenade
date of sale: 27. 11. 2021
price: 1.940.000 EUR
world auction record of the painter from her "naive" period
1924 - 1925
oil on canvas
54,6 x 64,6 cm
signed lower left: TOYEN
Oskar Kokoschka: Frogs
date of sale: 26. 11. 2016
price: 1.400.000 EUR
the most expensive painting of the post-war period of Czech artists and the world record of the painter from his post-war period
1968
oil on canvas
61 x 92 cm
signed lower right: OK
Toyen - Mirage
date of sale: 4. 12. 2022
price: 1.246.300 EUR
the second most expensive painting of post-war art in the Czech Republic
1967
oil on canvas
60 x 120 cm
signed and dated lower right: TOYEN 67
Jan Preisler: Three Girls in the Woods
date of sale: 18.4. 2021
price: 1.116.920 EUR
world auction record of the author
1906
oil on canvas
146 x 88,5 cm
signed and dated lower right: JPreisler 906
Toyen: Je m'aperçois que ma page blanche est devenue verte
date of sale: 8. 5. 2022
price: 1.163.265 EUR
world auction record for the most expensive Toyen sold in the 1950s and the most expensive Toyen ever sold in the Czech Republic from the post-war period
1951
oil on canvas
43,5 x 66,5 cm
signed and dated lower right: TOYEN 51
Frantisek Kupka: En Dégradés (Verticales)
date of sale: 25. 3. 2009
price: 1.082.000 EUR
auction record in the Czech Republic of 2009
1935
oil on canvas
71 x 71 cm
signed lower center: Kupka from the Louis Carré collection
Josef Sima: At Four O´clock in the Afternoon (Pink Body)
date of sale: 26. 11. 2016
price: 847.400 EUR
1928 - 1929
oil on canvas
135 x 102 cm
signed and dated lower right: Sima 1929
Toyen: Falaise de Balaste
price: 832.750 EUR
1929
oil on canvas
73 x 99 cm
signed and dated lower right: TOYEN 29 from the Dr. Ivo Rotter collection
Jean Albert Gorin - Composition no. 3 Emanating from the Equilateral Triangle
date of sale: 19.3. 2023
price: 819.415 EUR
world auction record of the author
1926
email on canvas
68,5 x 59,5 cm
verso signed and dated: GORIN 1926
Emil Filla: Still Life with a Book (Comédie de la Mort)
date of sale: 10. 11. 2010
price: 813.000 EUR
world auction record of the author
1914
oil on canvas
30,7 x 25,4 cm
signed and dated on the reverse: E. Filla 1914
Emil Filla: Still Life with Falcon and Tray
date of sale: 19. 3. 2023
price: 769.282 EUR
1930
oil on canvas
73 x 98 cm
signed and dated lower left: Emil Filla 30
Emil Filla: Painter
date of sale: 23. 1. 2013
price: 735.000 EUR
1920 – 1921
oil and sand on canvas
98 x 90 cm
signed upper right: Emil Filla
from the collection of Prof Vincenc Kramar
Bohumil Kubista - Reader (Likeness of prof. Antonin Matejcek)
date of sale: 19.3. 2023
price: 756.690 EUR
the most expensive portrait work by a Czech author sold at auction
1910
oil on canvas
70 x 58 cm
Toyen - Respirations du Sommeil
date of sale: 27. 11. 2021
price: 719.000 EUR
1958
oil on canvas
65,5 x 46 cm
signed and dated lower right: TOYEN 58.
Marc Chagall - Maternité sur fond bleu
date of sale: 12. 11. 2023
price: 614.700 EUR
1976
oil, tempera and ink on canvas
46,3 x 38 cm
signed by stamp lower left: Marc Chagall
Alfons Mucha: View into the Future
date of sale: 18. 4. 2021
price: 511.920 EUR
a new author's record of a painter achieved in the Czech Republic
1938
oil on canvas
67,5 x 56 cm
igned and dated lower right: Mucha 38
Antonin Prochazka: Still Life with Oil Lamp
date of sale: 28. 10. 2018
price: 503.000 EUR
author's world auction record
1921
oil, sand pastes, board
75 x 50 cm
signed and dated upper in the middle on the envelope: A. Procházka 21. from the Dr. Ivo Rotter collection
Jindrich Styrsky: Maldoror
date of sale: 25. 3. 2009
price: 540.000 EUR
1941
oil on canvas
40 x 50 cm
signature undetected
Passion of the Saint Barbara
date of sale: 25. 3. 2009
price: 538.000 EUR
the most expensive old master painting ever sold at an auction in the Czech Republic
14th century
gold and tempera on wooden panel
36 x 26,3 cm from the Jindrich Waldes collection
Alois Wachsman - Louis XVI.
date of sale: 12. 11. 2023
price: 504.050 EUR
world auction record of the author
1932
oil on canvas
105,5 x 74 cm
signed lower left: Wachsman
from collection of the famous collector Professor Jaroslav Borovicka
Jan Zrzavy: Mountain Landscape
date of sale: 25. 11. 2009
price: 516.000 EUR
auction record of 2009
oil on canvas
50,5 x 61 cm
signed lower right: ZJ
Toyen (Marie Cerminova): Geometric Composition
date of sale: 23. 3. 2011
price: 494.880 EUR
1926
oil on canvas
100 x 65 cm
signed and dated lower right: Toyen 1926
Toyen: Cirque Conrado
date of sale: 10. 11. 2010
price: 470.000 EUR
oil on canvas
70 x 45,5 cm
signed lower left: Toyen
Jindrich Styrsky: Lanterns
date of sale: 28. 10. 2018
price: 397.720 EUR
1925
oil on canvas
56 x 63 cm
signed and dated lower left: Štyrský 1925
from the Dr. Ivo Rotter collection
Josef Sima - Paysage bleu lumière 1
date of sale: 21. 4. 2024
price: 401.720 EUR
1960
oil on canvas
73 x 92 cm
signed lower right: J. SIMA
significant collection, Normandy
Josef Sima: Landscape with Stems
date of sale: 28. 4. 2019
price: 379.610 EUR
1930
oil on canvas
70 x 91 cm
signed and dated lower right: Šíma 1930 from the Theo Herkel Florina collection
Bernard Buffet: Table de Jeu
date of sale: 28. 4. 2019
price: 379.610 EUR
1977
oil on canvas
90 x 130,5 cm
signed and dated lower left: Bernard Buffet 1977
Oskar Kokoschka: Landscape with a Nude Girl near Avignon
date of sale: 24. 4. 2013
price: 362.880 EUR
1925
oil on canvas
38 x 45 cm
signed lower right: OK
Jakub Schikaneder: On the Castle Stairs
date of sale: 25. 11. 2009
price: 327.800 EUR
oil on canvas
103 x 139 cm
signed lower right: J. Schikaneder
Emil Filla: Ballerina with Flowers
date of sale: 8. 5. 2022
price: 355.102 EUR
1947 - 1948
oil on canvas
146 x 96,5 cm
signed upper right: Emil Filla
Jakub Schikaneder: Winter Flower (On a Walk)
date of sale: 4.10.2020
price: 309.220 EUR
1887
oil on canvas
76 x 128,5 cm
signed and dated lower left: J. Schikaneder 87
Jakub Schikaneder: Evening by the Seashore
date of sale: 18. 4. 2012
price: 291.600 EUR
oil on canvas
97 x 147 cm
signed lower right: J. Schikaneder
Josef Capek: Children in Grass
date of sale: 4.10.2020
price: 291.300 EUR
The most expensive work of the author with a children's motif.
1933
oil on canvas
43 x 49 cm
signed and dated lower left: J. Čapek 33.
Karel Cerny - Lovers by the Pond
date of sale: 19.3. 2023
price: 327.815 EUR
new world auction record of the author
1951
oil on canvas
90 x 100 cm
signed and dated upper left: K. Cerny S 51
Otakar Kubín (Othon Coubine) - View from artist's studio "Bouda"
date of sale: 4. 12. 2022
price: 304.920 EUR
world auction record from the painter's early period
1906
oil on canvas
81 x 60,5 cm
signed lower right: Kubin Otakar
Antonin Prochazka: Head III
date of sale: 28. 4. 2019
price: 298.940 EUR
1916
oil on canvas
50,5 x 39,5 cm
signed lower right: Ant. Procházka from the Dr. Ivo Rotter collection
Josef Sima - Paysage bleu
date of sale: 21.4.2024
price: 295.240 EUR
1961
oil on canvas
81.5 x 60.5 cm
signed and dated lower right: J. SIMA 61
Alfons Mucha: Holiday Portrait
date of sale: 8. 5. 2022
price: 296.327 EUR
oil on canvas laid down on cardboard
45,5 x 26 cm
signed lower right: Mucha
Maurice de Vlaminck: La Maison Grise
date of sale: 8. 5. 2022
price: 266.531 EUR
a new author's record of a painter achieved in the Czech Republic
1914
oil on canvas
65 x 81 cm
signed and dated lower left: Vlaminck 1914
Rudolf Kremlicka: Three Women in Bath
date of sale: 28. 4. 2010
price: 249.200 EUR
world auction record of the author
1921
oil on canvas
signed and dated lower right: R Kremlicka 1921 from the collection of Karel Capek and his wife Olga Scheinpflugova
Frantisek Kupka - Abstract composition (Trégastel)
date of sale: 21.4.2024
price: 251.680 EUR
gouache and watercolour on paper
22.2 x 30cm
signed lower right: Kupka
inscribed lower left by hand of the author: Trégastel
Vaclav Spala: Harlequin and Columbine
date of sale: 23. 11. 2014
price: 222.545 EUR
world auction record of the author
1922
oil on canvas
64 x 51 cm
signed lower left: VŠ 22
from the collection of the writer Karel Capek and his wife, Czech actress Olga Scheinpflugova
Jakub Schikaneder: Sitkov mills (View of Manes)
date of sale: 23. 1. 2013
price: 239.100 EUR
1910 – 1920
oil on canvas
75 x 80 cm
signed lower right J. Schikaneder
Antonin Slavicek: At the Okor´s Stream
date of sale: 14. 5. 2017
price: 221.300 EUR
1896 – 1897
oil, canvas, cardboard
64 x 78,5 cm
signature undetected
Jan Zrzavy: Tete
date of sale: 28. 4. 2019
price: 230.000 EUR
1912 - 1945
oil, tempera, canvas, cardboard
36 x 28 cm
signed, dated and inscribed verso: Jan Zrzavý Hlava tempera 1945 from the Emil Gilels collection
Josef Capek: Boy in a Window
date of sale: 28. 10. 2018
price: 217.580 EUR
1915–1931
oil on canvas
45 x 36 cm signed and dated lower right: J.Č. 31 a significant Prague collection, purchased in 1932 directly from Josef Čapek
Marie Egner - Bright Sping Morning
date of sale: 4. 12. 2022
price: 222.640 EUR
world auction record of the author
1894
oil on canvas
85,5 x 120,8 cm
signed lower left: MEgner
Bernard Buffet: Nature morte au pot de jacinthe (P.B. Amour) Paris
date of sale: 18. 4. 2021
price: 207.096 EUR
1956
oil on canvas
65 x 46 cm
signed and dated upper left: Bernard Buffet 1956
Otakar Kubin (Othon Coubine): Music Hall Bobino
date of sale: 22. 1. 2014
price: 184.550 EUR
auction record of the author
1910
oil on canvas
87 x 73 cm
signature undetected from collection of JUDr. Frantisek Cerovsky
Frantisek Kupka - On the Banks of the River Marne
date of sale: 27. 11. 2021
price: 198.700 EUR
1895
oil on canvas
55 x 46 cm
signed lower right: Kupka
Emil Filla - Still Life with Fruit and Fish
date of sale: 12. 11. 2023
price: 4.961.000 Kč
1928
oil on canvas
37.5 x 45 cm
signed and dated lower right: Emil Filla 28.
Emil Filla - Still Life with Grappa, Grapes and Bottle
date of sale: 21.4.2024
price: 4. 900. 500 Kč
1949
oil on canvas
38 x 46 cm
signed and dated lower in the middle: Emil Filla 49
Jan Zrzavy: From the Kratka Village
date of sale: 28. 10. 2018
price: 182.480 EUR
1939
oil tempera, plywood
38 x 60,5 cm
signed and dated lower right: Jan Zrzavý 1939
Zrzavy Jan: Head with Wreath
date of sale: 23. 3. 2011
price: 190.900 EUR
1952
oil and tempera on wood
39,8 x 31,5 cm
signed and dated upper left: J. Z 52
Josef Capek: Still Life with Flowers
date of sale: 25. 3. 2009
price: 168.600 EUR
1914
oil on canvas 32 x 22 cm
signed and dated lower right: J. Č. 14 from the collection of Vincenc Kramar
Josef Sima – Soleil froid
date of sale: 21.4.2024
price: 179.080 EUR
oil on canvas
61 x 46 cm
signed and dated lower right: J. SIMA 65
Jan Zrzavy - Madonne
date of sale: 21.4.2024
price: 169.400 EUR
oil tempera on canvas
35 x 27 cm
signed and dated with the dedication "á madame Dolléans 1.I.1930 J.J."
verso further signed and inscribed by Jan Zrzavy on the artist's original frame: 'J. Zerzavy 37 rue, Fondary Paris 15' and also verso by the artist's hand on the label 'J. Zerzavy 37 rue Fondary 37 Paris 15'
Jan Zrzavy: Via Appia
date of sale: 8. 5. 2022
price: 163.265 EUR
1936
oil tempera on wooden panel
27 x 35 cm
signed and dated lower right: Zrzavy 36
Josef Sima: Tempête à Fécamp
date of sale: 4. 2. 2018
price: 153.700 EUR
1953
oil on canvas
65 x 81 cm
signed and dated lower right : J. Šíma 53
Schikaneder Jakub: Garden Corner with a Dog
date of sale: 23. 11. 2014
price: 138.850 EUR
1910 – 1915
oil on canvas
45,5 x 58,5 cm
signed lower left: J Schikaneder
Antotin Hudecek: At the Stream (Okor)
date of sale: 14. 5. 2017
price: 144.500 EUR
world auction record of the author
1899 oil on cardboard
73,5 x 89 cm
signed lower right to the center: Ant. Hudeček
Frantisek Kupka: Dancers / Les danseuses
date of sale: 28. 10. 2018
price: 145.050 EUR
world auction record of the author (paper work)
around 1905
gouache on paper
42 x 42 cm
signed lower right: Kupka
Jiri (Georges) Kars - Garden in Mallorca
date of sale: 19.3. 2023
price: 147.620 EUR
world auction record of the author
1910
oil on canvas
65 x 81 cm
signed and dated lower left: Kars 10
Maurice de Vlaminck - Street
date of sale: 21. 4. 2024
price: 145.200 EUR
around 1925
oil on canvas
60 x 73 cm
signed lower left: Vlaminck
Zdenek Sykora - Composition
date of sale: 27. 11. 2021
price: 134.180 EUR
1987
oil on canvas
60,5 x 79 cm
verso signed and dated: Sykora 87
Pravoslav Kotik - Recreation
date of sale: 4.10.2020
price: 123.240 EUR
author's auction record
1946
oil on canvas
129 x 190 cm
signed and dated left middle: P. Kotík 46
Johannes (Jan) Kupezky: Allegory of Music in the form of an artist's Wife
date of sale: 31. 1. 2016
price: 122.390 EUR
world auction record of the author
oil on canvas
92,5 x 75 cm
signature undetected from the collection of Professor Eduard A. Safarik
Jan Zrzavy: Archangel Gabriel
date of sale: 23. 3. 2011
price: 132.890 EUR
1952
oil and tempera on wood
39,8 x 32,5 cm
signed and dated upper right: J. Z 52
Olbram Zoubek : Ifigenie
date of sale: 28. 4. 2019
price: 123.370 EUR
world auction record of the author
1986
bronze
height: 200 cm
signed on the plinth: O. Zoubek
Toyen (Marie Cerminova) - Ceci est inévitable
1949
date of sale: 21.4.2024
price: 123.420 EUR
a new auction record of the author (paper work)
collage, watercolour and ink on paper
50 x 64 cm
signed and dated lower in the middle: Toyen 49
Vaclav Havel: The White Horse in Space
date of sale: 8. 5. 2022
price: 123.469 EUR
1982
acrylic on board
31 x 36 cm
signed on the body of the white horse: Václav Havel (with a heart symbol)
Toyen - Sans titre (Feline Head)
date of sale: 18. 4. 2021
price: 114.019 EUR
around 1955
oil, gouache, silver color, ink on canvas
16 x 10 cm (29 x 18,5 cm)
signed lower right: TOYEN
Vlaho Bukovac - Girl in Orange Scarf
date of sale: 4.10.2020
price: 109.800 EUR
author's auction record
1909
oil on cardboard
38 x 46 cm
signed and dated lower right: Vlaho Bukovac 1909
Vaclav Spala: Peonies
date of sale: 28. 4. 2010
price: 110.750 EUR
1919 oil on canvas
60 x 50,5 cm
signed and dated VŠ 19
from the collection of Prof Vincenc Kramar
Jindrich Prucha: The Crucifixion
date of sale: 28. 10. 2018
price: 105.280 EUR
world auction record of the author
1912
oil on cardboard
52 x 68,5 cm signed lower left: J. Prucha
Eduard Veith: Family Celebration
date of sale: 14. 7. 2017
price: 99.350 EUR
world auction record of the author
1898
oil on canvas
125 x 595 cm
signed and dated upper in the middle : ANNO DOMINI 1898. E. VEITH.
Emil Filla: Apple, Glass and Bunch of Grapes
date of sale: 8. 5. 2022
price: 106.184 EUR
1923
oil on canvas
22 x 29 cm (oval)
signed lower in the middle: Emil Filla
Vojtech Hynais: Venus with Amorettes
date of sale: 31. 1. 2016
price: 93.250 EUR
1880
oil on canvas 62,3 x 44 cm
signed upper left : V Hynais / Paris 1880
Frantisek Kupka : Abstract Composition
date of sale: 18.4.2021
price: 95.400 EUR
1930-1935
mixed media (gouache, watercolor, pencil) on paper
28,5 x 28,5 cm
signed lower left: Kupka
Olbram Zoubek: The Muse
date of sale: 4. 2. 2018
price: 82.000 EUR
1977
bronze, single cast
height 182 cm
Antonin Slavicek: The Grain
date of sale: 26. 11. 2016
price: 88.750 EUR
1909
oil on canvas 45 x 52 cm
signed lower left: A. Slavíček
Petr Brandl: The Head of the Apostle
date of sale: 28. 4. 2019
price: 90.160 EUR
author's world auction record
1710
oil on canvas
57 x 43,5 cm
from the Lobkowicz family collection
Frantisek Drtikol: The Bow
date of sale: 26. 4. 2015
price: 82.000 EUR
auction record of the author
pigment print
220 x 286 mm
signed and dated lower right: F. Drtikol 1928
Vaclav Radimsky: Landscape around Giverna
date of sale: 4. 2. 2018
price: 81.650 EUR
1899
oil on canvas 60,5 x 141 cm
signed lower left: V Radimský
Hippolyt Sobeslav Pinkas: Road to Cernay-la-Ville (The Alley of Masters)
date of sale: 28. 10. 2018
price: 79.540 EUR
1865
oil on canvas
92,5 cm x 67,5 cm
Jiri George Dokoupil - Untitled
date of sale: 27. 11. 2021
price: 95.860 EUR
world auction record of the author
acrylic, pigment and soap bubbles on canvas
145 x 145 cm
verso signed: Dokoupil
Alois Wachsman: Figure (Standing Naked Woman)
date of sale: 8. 5. 2022
price: 97.959 EUR
oil on cardboard
41 x 32 cm
verso painter's estate stamp, further stamp "Exhibited in Manes 1947"
Max (Maxim) Kopf: Tahitians
date of sale: 8. 5. 2022
price: 96.327 EUR
world auction record of the author
oil on canvas
51,5 x 41 cm
signed lower right: Maxim Kopf
Ladislav Sima - Man with Stick
date of sale: 4. 12. 2022
price: 89.540 EUR
world auction record of the author
around 1912
oil on canvas
100 x 64 cm
Frantisek Kupka: The Music
date of sale: 4. 2. 2018
price: 79.250 EUR
1930
gouache on paper
27 x 29,5 cm
signed lower right: Kupka
Maurice Utrillo - CHÂTEAU DE CHASTELLUX
date of sale: 4. 12. 2022
price: 77.440 EUR
1932
oil on canvas
46 x 55 cm
signed and dated lower left: Maurice, Utrillo, V, 1932
Frantisek Foltyn: A Girl with a Red Ribbon in Hair
date of sale: 22. 1. 2014
price: 70.300 EUR
1922
oil on canvas
100,5 x 75,5 cm
signed and dated upper right : Foltýn / 22 M (Mukačevo)
Emil Filla: Still Life with Tobacco
date of sale: 18. 4. 2012
price: 77.400 EUR
the most expensive author's work on paper
1914
lavender ink, watercolor, collage on cardboard
26,7 x 36,8 cm
signature undetected
the painting was given to the auction by the family of the painter Emil Filla
Oskar Kokoschka - Polperro
date of sale: 21. 4. 2024
price: 75.020 EUR
a new auction record of the author (paper work)
watercolour on paper
33,5 x 52,5 cm
signed lower left: O Kokoschka
Collection of the President of Czechoslovakia Dr. Edvard Benes
Ota Janecek: The Shape
date of sale: 8. 5. 2022
price: 76.735 EUR
world auction record of the author
1962
oil on canvas
196 x 114 cm
signed and dated lower left: Janecek 1962
Jiri John: Pebble
date of sale: 4. 2. 2018
price: 74.450 EUR
world auction record of the author
1970
oil on canvas
100 x 81 cm
signed and dated lower right: J. John 70
Martin Benka - Sklabina Valley
date of sale: 12. 11. 2023
price: 66.410 EUR
a new world record for a painter from his post-war period
oil on canvas
100 x 132 cm
signed lower right: M. Benka
Vojtech Hynais: Girl with Azalea
date of sale: 23. 1. 2013
price: 72.650 EUR
1913
oil on canvas
48 x 49 cm
signed and dated upper right: V Hynais 1913
Emil Filla: Still Life with Fish and Lemon
date of sale: 14. 5. 2017
price: 70.000 EUR
1947
oil on canvas
21 x 58 cm
signed and dated lower right: Emil Filla 47.
Jindrich Styrsky: July
date of sale: 28. 4. 2019
price: 71.180 EUR
1930
watercolor, pencil, silver pigment
29,5 x 38,8 cm
signed and dated with dedication lower right: Toyen, Jindřich Štyrský září 1930
from the Toyen collection
Emil Filla: Head
date of sale: 14. 7. 2017
price: 67.750 EUR
the most expensive sculptural work of the author
1935
marlstone height: 53 cm
signature undetected
Jindřich Prucha – Winter Landscape
date of sale: 12. 11. 2023
price: 1.754.500 Kč
1911
oil on cardboard
45.5 x 55 cm
signed lower right: Prucha
Johannes (Jan) Kupezky: Self-portrait
date of sale: 31. 1. 2016
price: 63.450 EUR
oil on paper glued to the mat
45 x 30,3 cm
signature undetected
from the collection of Professor Eduard A. Safarik
Johannes (Jan) Kupezky: St. Frantisek of Assisi
date of sale: 31. 1. 2016
price: 61.200 EUR
oil on canvas
81,6 x 61 cm
signature undetected
from the collection of Professor Eduard A. Safarik
Martin Benka - Sklabina Valley
date of sale: 12. 11. 2023
price: 66.399 EUR
new world record for a painter from his post-war period
oil on canvas
100 x 132 cm
signed lower right: M. Benka
Bohumir Matal: Brick Factory II
date of sale: 24. 4. 2013
price: 59.550 EUR
1945
oil and sand on canvas
62 x 78 cm
signed and described on the reverse : B. Matal Cihelna II. S 1945 Bílovice and old label Paris Art Studio
Frantisek Drtikol: Composition
date of sale: 28. 10. 2018
price: 60.830 EUR
1929 pigment printing
293 x 228 mm
signed and dated lower right: Drtikol 1929
Max Svabinsky: Nude with Umbrella (Walking)
date of sale: 18. 4. 2021
price: 58.170 EUR
1908
oil, canvas, cardboard
50 x 30 cm
signed lower left: M.Š.
Kristof Kintera: Talkman
date of sale: 28. 10. 2018
price: 58.490 EUR
world auction record of the author
1999
talking sculpture (polyurethane, metal, electric motor, sound, motion mechanism, analog-digital synchronizer, latex, steel construction, clothing, charger)
90 x 33,7 x 28 cm
Vojtech Hynais: Portrait of Lady in Hat
date of sale: 28. 4. 2019
price: 59.310 EUR
1881
oil on canvas
61,5 x 47 cm
signed, dated right in the middle: V Hynais Paris 1881.
Jan Preisler: Allegory
date of sale: 4. 2. 2018
price: 60.050 EUR
1912 – 1913
oil on canvas
41 x 105 cm
Alfred Justitz: Nude Girl
date of sale: 26. 11. 2016
price: 55.500 EUR
1925
oil on wooden panel
41 x 33 cm
signed and dated lower left: A. Justitz 25
Jan Merta – Years
date of sale: 21.4.2024
price: 58.080 EUR
1999–2007
acrylic on canvas
200 x 230 cm
verso signed, dated and inscribed: Jan Merta, LETA, 1999–2007
Joza Uprka: From the Pilgrimage at St. Antonin Hill
date of sale: 4. 2. 2018
price: 55.250 EUR
1916
oil on canvas
49,5 x 90 cm
signed and dated lower right: JU 16.
Jindrich Styrsky: Le canon et l´enfant
date of sale: 26. 11. 2016
price: 51.050 EUR
1934
collage on paper pasteboard
cutout: 371 x 214 mm
signed, dated and described at the back: Jindřich Štyrský 1934, le canon et l´enfant
Frantisek Muzika: Barrow I.
date of sale: 4. 2. 2018
price: 52.850 EUR
1960
oil on cardboard, author's frame
33 x 46 cm
signed and dated lower right : F. Muzika 60
Max Svabinsky: Yellow Umbrella (Summer)
date of sale: 18. 4. 2012
price: 53.200 EUR
1909
oil on canvas 31,5 x 27,5 cm
signature undetected from the collection of Prof Vincenc Kramar
Jan Merta: Cloud
date of sale: 14. 5. 2017
price: 49.700 EUR
2006 – 2007
acrylic on canvas
300 x 390 cm (two-part painting 300 x 195 cm)
signed, described and dated at the back: Jan Merta 2006 – 07
Josef Capek: Kids among the Trees
date of sale: 23. 11. 2014
price: 43.400 EUR
the most expensive work of the author on paper
1934 – 35
a French pastel on handmade paper
pasteboard cutout: 40,5 x 50,5 cm
signed and dated lower right: Josef Čapek 1934-35
from the writer's collection of Karel Capek and Olga Scheinpflugova
Vlastislav Hofman: Mother with Child
date of sale: 23. 1. 2013
price: 44.550 EUR
1920
oil, canvas, cardboard
73 x 59 cm
signed and dated lower left: Vlastislav Hofman 1920
the painting was given to the auction by the family of the painter Vlastislav Hofman
Emil Orlik: Dancing Macara
date of sale: 22. 1. 2014
price: 41.300 EUR
1909
oil on panel
102 x 73 cm
signed and dated in the middle right: Orlik 09
Josef Bolf – Untitled
date of sale: 21.4.2024
price: 43.560 EUR
a new author's record of a painter achieved in the Czech Republic
2004
acrylic, mixed media on canvas
140 x 190 cm
verso signed: Bolf Josef
Jaroslav Cermak: Montenegrin Beauty (Portrait of a South Slavic Woman)
date of sale: 10. 11. 2010
price: 43.900 EUR
1860-65
oil on canvas
59 x 46 cm (oval)
signed in the middle lower: Jaroslav Čermák
Jindrich Prucha: Winter Landscape
date of sale: 4. 2. 2018
price: 41.300 EUR
1911
oil on cupboard
45,5 x 55 cm
signed lower right: Prucha
Eduard Veith: Daughters of Rhine and Dwarf Alberich (Nibelung Ring)
date of sale: 31. 1. 2016
price: 38.200 EUR
1909
oil on canvas
128 x 96 cm
signed and dated lower left: E. Veith 1909 Wien
Vincenc Benes: Prague Riverbank (View of Sitkov Tower)
date of sale: 14. 5. 2017
price: 38.400 EUR
1913 – 1915
oil on canvas
60 x 40 cm
signed lower right: V. Beneš
Milos Jiranek: The Square in Tynec nad Labem
date of sale: 22. 1. 2014
price: 35.150 EUR
1909
oil on canvas
60 x 90,5 cm
signature undetected
Karel Malich: Cloud
date of sale: 18. 4. 2012
price: 38.700 EUR
1974 – 76
steel wire, color
cca 134 x 82 x 60 cm
signed and dated on line of wire are initials: KM 76
Jan Stursa: Burial in the Carpathians
date of sale: 18. 4. 2012
price: 36.300 EUR
world auction record of the author
1918
pear wood
height 45 cm
signed and dated: Štursa 1918
from the collection of manufacturer Jindřich Waldes
Antonin Pelc: Second Class
date of sale: 23. 1. 2013
price: 35.150 EUR
world auction record of the author
1949
oil on canvas
93 x 135,5 cm
signed and dated left lower : Pelc 49
the painting was given to the auction by the family of the painter Antonin Pelc
Othon Coubine: Still Life with a Fruit Bowl
date of sale: 28. 10. 2018
price: 33.690 EUR
20s of the 20th century
oil on canvas
46 x 55 cm
signed lower right: Coubine
Jan Mancuska – Untitled
date of sale: 21.4.2024
price: 32.430 EUR
1998
oil, mixed media on canvas
120 x 170 cm
verso signed and dated on the blindframe: Mancuska 98
Vera Janouskova: Chemise
date of sale: 31. 1. 2016
price: 15.550 EUR
90s of the 20th century
enamelled sheet, flame drawing
height: 92 cm
Hugo Baar: Landscape with blooming Meadow and Farmhouse
date of sale: 24. 4. 2013
price: 24.250 EUR
circa 1905
oil on canvas
99 x 98 cm
signed lower left: Hugo Baar
Jaroslav Panuska: Water Sprite
date of sale: 4. 2. 2018
price: 31.250 EUR
1898
oil on canvas
75 x 105 cm
signed lower right: PANUŠKA
Michal Ozibko: Essence of Escape
date of sale: 4. 2. 2018
price: 13.930 EUR
oil on canvas
230 x 190 cm
signed at the back
Milan Kunc: The Landscape of Tuscany
date of sale: 28. 10. 2018
price: 25.730 EUR
1995
gold colour, oil on canvas
130 x 170 cm
signed and dated lower right: M. Kunc 1995
Alexej Vasiljevic von Hanzen: Evening at Berth
date of sale: 22. 1. 2014
price: 23.750 EUR
oil on canvas
70 x 100 cm
signed lower right: A. Hanzen
Antonin Pelc: Seamstress
date of sale: 18. 4. 2012
price: 29.050 EUR
circa 1925
oil on canvas
65 x 49 cm
signed lower left: A. Pelc
Otakar Novotny arch.(attributed): Cubist octagonal Table
date of sale: 25. 11. 2009
price: 11.800 EUR
1912-1920
stained (ebony)
oak height 70 cm, diameter 82 cm
Martin Benka: Street Scene in Ratiskovice
date of sale: 28. 10. 2018
price: 24.800 EUR
oil on cardboard
50 x 66,5 cm
signed lower right: M. Benka
Milan Kunc: Tuscany Landscape
date of sale: 4. 2. 2018
price: 24.000 EUR
1991
oil on canvas
100 x 130 cm
signed, dated and described at the back: Tuscany Landscape Milan Kunc 1991
Alen Divis: Bouquet
date of sale: 31. 1. 2016
price: 26.650 EUR
circa 1945
oil on canvas
66 x 45 cm
signature undetected
Jaroslav Kral: Two Women
date of sale: 23. 11. 2014
price: 30.800 EUR
the most expensive author's work on paper
circa 1935
pastel on cardboard
100 x 70 cm
signed lower right: Jar. Král
Jiri Kolar: Mappemonde – Globe
date of sale: 25. 11. 2009
price: 10.900 EUR
1970
collage on globe
height 45 cm, diameter 35 cm
signed: JK 70
Radoslav Kratina: Variable nine-armed object
price: 23.860 EUR
1976
sculpture, aluminium
92 x 50 x 50 cm
August Bedrich Piepenhagen: View of Loket nad Ohri Castle
date of sale: 23. 11. 2014
price: 20.400 EUR
oil on oak board
30,5 x 40 cm
signed lower right: Aug. Piepenhagen
Knupfer Benes: On the Way back from Prayer
date of sale: 22. 1. 2014
price: 25.050 EUR
1883
oil on canvas
106 x 147 cm
signed, described and dated lower left: B. Knüpfer, Rome 1883
Emil Filla: Still Life with a Glass
date of sale: 23. 11. 2014
price: 30.800 EUR
painted in Rotterdam in 1914
combined technique on cardboard of the brand White board
19 x 13 cm
signed, described and dated in the middle lower: Emil Filla Rotterdam 15/9 14
from the family collection of Emil Filla
Anton Kothgasser: Goblet
View of the bridge Kettenbrucker and Palac Razumovsky in Vienna
date of sale: 22. 1. 2014
price: 9.230 EUR
1820 – 30
hand painted glass, gilded
height: 125 mm, diameter: 95 mm
from the collection of Jindrich Waldes
Josef Capek: Children and Pigeons
date of sale: 23. 11. 2014
price: 17.800 EUR
1929 – 1935
a French pastel on handmade paper
pasteboard cutout 31 x 37 cm
signed and dated right below center: Josef Čapek 1929 – 1935
from the writer's collection of Karel Capek and Olga Scheinpflugova
Yves Klein: Blue Table
date of sale: 4. 2. 2018
price: 27.400 EUR
1963
pure IKB pigment in plexiglass steel, glass, plexiglass, pure pigment
IKB 38 x 125,7 x 101,5 cm
Oldrich Blazicek: In the Sarka Park
date of sale: 18. 4. 2012
price: 33.850 EUR
40s of the 20th century
90 x 100 cm
signature undetected the work is from the painter's estate
Jan Kotera: A card and smoking Table and two Armchairs
date of sale: 23. 1. 2013
price: 19.220 EUR
1902
an original set of gaming furniture designed by Jan Kotera
dark-stained, cut and grooved oak
table: 75 x 74 x 74 cm
chair: 83 x 61 x 52 cm
RENOMÉ
Vladimir Lekes, the company's director, is the only Czech art expert listed in the prestigious and world-renowned Guide international des experts et spécialites, published in France. He has been commissioned by the owner of the copyright of Frantisek Kupka, the French company Adagp, to authenticate his works. Vladimir Lekes is also the main author of the catalogue raisonné by Frantisek Kupka. In 2017, he received the Trebbia International Award for the Promotion of Culture and the Arts. He is also an expert advisor to the Commission for the Assessment of Proposals for Czech Money of the Czech National Bank. As a curator, he has organised a number of important exhibitions. Thanks to his direct personal contacts with domestic and foreign restituents, collectors, private and state institutions, funds and museums, the company has achieved an excellent transnational reputation and impressive results.
Adolf Loos Apartment and Gallery represents the owners of the most important art collections featuring Czech masters. In the past, the company was commissioned by George Waldes, the heir of the manufacturer Jindrich Waldes, to sell the most valuable family art possessions, both in the Czech Republic and in the United States. The company also handled private and public art sales on behalf of the families of the collectors Professor Vincenc Kramar, Dr. Frantisek Cerovsky, Professor Vaclav Holzknecht, and artist estates including those of Emil Filla, Jan Zrzavy, Antonin Pelc, and others. Its international clients include a numebr of collectors from across the world, including Hugo Polak, Bernard Galateau, Guy Flandre, Emil Gillels, and others.
Adolf Loos Apartment and Gallery works closely with the National Museum of Qatar, the National Gallery in Prague, the Moravian Gallery in Brno, GVU Ostrava, the Leopold Museum and the Austrian National Gallery Belvedere in Vienna. In 2016, in cooperation with the holder of the copyright of the painter Frantisek Kupka, the French state company Adagp Paris and the Austrian National Gallery Belvedere published a complete, the only recognised catalogue raisonné of Kupka’s oil paintings. The company’s Director Vladimir Lekes is the main author of the catalogue raisonné.
Adolf Loos Apartment and Gallery also arranges loans of artworks to world-class institutions. For example, the company has loaned Frantisek Kupka's painting Lines, Surfaces, Depths II to the National Gallery Belvedere, and has arranged the loan of Emil Orlik's painting Macara through the Austrian National Gallery Belvedere to the Museo de Arte de Ponce in Puerto Rico. It also provided several pieces of furniture by arch. Adolf Loos to the famous Pinaqothéque de Paris for the exhibition Au Temps de Klimt. In 2020, it arranged the loan of the most expensive Czech auction painting of all time (until 2019) to the famous Leopold Museum in Vienna. Oskar Kokoschka's top painting Prague - View from the Convent of the Cross, which was auctioned at the Adolf Loos Apartment and Gallery in Prague in October for a record EUR 3.059.900, became the most expensive artwork sold on the Czech auction market. In 2021, Adolf Loos Apartment nad Gallery sold the painting La Dame de Pique by the painter Toyen for a record EUR 3.025.000. This exclusive painting was chosen by the prestigious National Museum of Qatar for its collections.
GALLERY IN EXPO 58 ART
Adolf Loos Apartment and Gallery has opened its new exclusive exhibition hall called Expo 58 ART in the iconic Brussels Pavilion EXPO 58 in the second half of 2021. Gallery is in Letenske sady with breathtaking views of old and new Prague and the Vltava River. This exclusive building includes an observation deck, underneath which there are unique Renaissance Wine Cellars dating back to the mid-16th century. (In 2015-2021 the gallery was located in the Mánes building, Prague 1).
The Adolf Loos Apartment and Gallery at Expo 58 ART is a modern gallery environment presenting high-quality Czech and international art. The Expo 58 building is considered one of the most beautiful buildings of the world architecture of the second half of the 20th century and has become a symbol of the international success of Czechoslovak art and architecture. The building, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which received the main prize (Gold Star) and thirteen other awards at the World Expo 58 in Brussels, has reopened to the public as an exhibition and trade center of top-quality art and design.
The first exhibition of iconic KUPKA - MUCHA paintings, in the new Expo 58 ART exhibition hall, was visited by an incredible 18,000 paying visitors in just three weeks. Most of the paintings were on loan from private collections from Czech Republic and abroad, and some of the works were seen publicly for the first time. The value of the exhibited works exceeded two and a half billion crowns, making it the most expensive exhibition in the Czech Republic organised by a private gallery.
Current gallery programme: here
APARTMENT DESIGNED BY ADOLF LOOSE
Adolf Loos Apartment and Gallery has saved and continues to operate a unique architectural gem in Prague, the so-called Hirsch Apartment, designed in 1927 by the founder of modern architecture Adolf Loos. The name of Adolf Loos is therefore proudly carried in the company name.
The apartment is one of the most important in the world in terms of its significance and the original solitary furniture by the architect Adolf Loos, dating from 1901-1931. In 2014, the apartment was included in the prestigious global network of architectural designs Iconic Houses.
More about the apartment: here
PUBLISHING ACTIVITY
Adolf Loos Apartment and Gallery is also engaged in publishing and publication activities.
The current list of available books published by the company can be found: here
VOLUNTEER
In June 2017, the unveiling of the monument to Frantisek Kupka took place in the town of Opocno (Czech Republic), the birthplace of Frantisek Kupka. The bust for the Opocno monument was donated by Vladimir Lekes, director of the Adolf Loos Apartment and Gallery, and George Waldes (eldest son of the famous collector, art patron and manufacturer Jindrich Waldes. Jindřich Waldes was also Frantisek Kupka's closest friend and only supporter).
In September of the same year, a second identical monument was unveiled in the French town of Puteaux, symbolically linking it with the town of Opočno. The town of Puteaux, located on the left bank of the Seine, is now part of modern Paris. Frantisek Kupka spent most of his life here and also died here.
More about the monuments: here
