gouache on cardboard
gouache 251 x 391 mm, overall format 350 x 550 mm
signed and dated upper right: Jos. Lada 44.
Below the work is a handwritten confirmation of authenticity by Alena Ladova dated 6. 9. 1990: I certify that this gouache 251 x 391 mm from 1944 "May Night" is an original of my father Josef Lada.
Verso, the painting is identified by the description of Lada's son-in-law and administrator of the estate of Jan Vrana: Josef Lada "May Night" 1944 – gouache 251 x 391 mm.

Provenance:
– important Prague collection

Expertise by recognized expert Dr Pavla Pecinkova dated 20. 4. 2024, enclosed.
Further consulted with Dr Irena Zantovska Murray HonFRIBA, Professor Jaromir Zemina, Dr Jiri Machalicky and Vladimir Lekes.