Auction:
May Auction in Expo 58 ART
Author:
Jiří Trnka
Year:
(1912 – 1969)
Artwork:
Bear Barbora, illustration from the book by Misa Kulicka in the puppet theater
Starting/Selling price:
3 600 EUR
Estimate:
4 800 – 6 400 EUR
Sold:
110.000 Kč
gouache, pastel, pencil on a cardboard
29 x 17,5 cm
Provenance:
- estate of Jiri Trnka
Publicated:
- Josef Menzel, Misa Kulicka in the Puppet Theater, Artia, Prague, 1956
Confirmation of the authenticity by Klara Trnkova and Jan Trnka (daughter and son of Jiri Trnka, copyright holders of the painter) enclosed.
Further consulted with Dr Irena Zantovska Murray HonFRIBA , Professor Jaromir Zemina, Dr Jiri Machalicky and Vladimir Lekes.
