Auction:
December auction at Expo 58 ART
Author:
Vojtěch Preissig
Year:
(1873 – 1944)
Artwork:
GIRL WITH BOW
Starting/Selling price:
720 EUR
Estimate:
1 200–1 600 EUR
Sold:
19.000 Kč
pencil on paper
25 x 16,5 cm
signature undetected
verso Waldes's picture gallery 1348, further stamp NGP K5666
Provenance:
- purchased by Jindrich Waldes
- confiscated by the Gestapo in 1939, transferred to the Provincial Gallery and subsequently to the National Gallery in Prague
- deposited in the collections of the National Gallery in Prague, registered under No. K 6288
- 1996 restitution of the National Gallery in Prague (the so-called Waldes Gallery) to the heirs of the factory owner Jindrich Waldes
- significant Prague collection
Consulted with Dr Irena Zantovska Murray HonFRIBA, Professor Jaromir Zemina, Dr Jiri Machalicky and Vladimir Lekes.
Authenticity certificate enclosed.

