Auction:
20.10.2019
Author:
Josef Čapek
Year:
(1887 – 1945)
Artwork:
September 14, 1937 (Allegory of Grief)
Created:
1937
Starting/Selling price:
1 920 EUR
Estimate:
3 080 – 4 620 EUR
Sold:
80.000 Kč
ink and ceruse on paper
Dimensions: 43,5 x 30 cm
signed upper right: Josef Čapek
dated lower: 14. IX. 1937
This is the first drawing from a serie of allegory drawings published to the death of Tomas G. Masaryk in 1937.
Publicated.
Consulted by Dr Pavla Pecinkova, a renowned expert on the work of Josef Capek.
Consulted with Professor Jaromir Zemina and Dr Karel Srp.
Confirmation of authenticity attached.
