Lot 48. Louis XVI.
oil on canvas
105.5 x 74 cm
signed lower left: Wachsman
verso stamp: S.V.U. Manes
verso exhibition labels: the Malmö Konsthall
and the Regional Gallery Liberec
further labels of the National Gallery in Prague under the number O 8163
Provenance:
– collection of the famous collector Professor Jaroslav Borovicka
– confiscated in 1959 by the Czechoslovak state and placed in the permanent exhibition of the National Gallery in Prague (registration no. 08163)
– 1992 restitution of the National Gallery in Prague to Jaroslav Borovicka on the basis of extrajudicial restitution
– significant private collection, Germany
Exhibited:
– Poetry 1932, S.V.U. Manes (27. 10. 1932–27. 11. 1932, exhibited under No. 149), Rieger Embankment, Prague
– Regional Gallery Liberec, July – August 1968, Exhibition Alois Wachsman, Paintings and Drawings from 1918–1942, cat. No. 18
– Alois Wachsman 1898–1942, Posthumous exhibition, S.V.U. Manes, Prague, March 1947, cat. No. 36
– Alois Wachsman, Gallery of the City of Prague, Municipal House, December 1970 – January 1971, cat. No. 55
– Sima, Styrsky, Toyen..., Pallas Gallery, Prague, July 1994, p. 87
Publicated:
– Vitezslav Nezval, Poesie 1932, Volne smery XXIX, 1932, p. 198
– Volne smery XXX, 1933–1934, p. 55
– Lenka Bydzovska, Karel Srp, Czech Surrealism 1929–1953, Prague, 1996, p. 248
Consulted with Dr Irena Zantovska Murray HonFRIBA, Professor Jaromir Zemina, Dr Jiri Machalicky and Vladimir Lekes.
Authenticity certificate enclosed.
The painting comes from the famous collection of Professor Jaroslav Borovicka.