Lot 21. Pink and Yellow Tulips in a Polka-dotted Jug on a Carp Blanket, Background Otava Storm
Created:
1939 (date of painting completion 15. 04. 1939)
oil on canvas
72 x 50 cm
signed and dated lower left: V Spala 39
on the blindframe No. 1162. in two brackets: ((1162.)) – Vaclav Spala used two brackets around the inventory number of his paintings only for those he considered of exceptional quality, with a correspondingly high required selling price of the work
Provenance:
– the first owner R. Kitler
– significant Prague collection
Publicated:
– List of works by Vaclav Spala (1885–1946), p. 108
Consulted with Dr Irena Zantovska Murray HonFRIBA, Professor Jaromir Zemina, Dr Jiri Machalicky and Vladimir Lekes.
Authenticity certificate enclosed.
Starting/Selling price
1.450.000 Kč
EUR 58 000
Estimate
1.800.000–2.200.000 Kč
EUR 72 000–88 000
Price realized
1.500.000 Kč