oil on canvas
50 x 68.5 cm
signed and dated lower right: Sima 1929
verso exhibition label: Exhibited at the Umelecka beseda Prague,
further an old vignette Joseph Sima Cour de Rohan
framed in original frame

Provenance:
– private collection of the famous architect, painter and stage designer Bedrich Feuerstein (1892–1936)
– Anna Feuersteinova (sister of the first owner)
– painting included in the auction by Bedrich Feuerstein's family

Exhibited:
– Josef Sima 1923–1936, Umelecka beseda (Municipal House of Prague, from November 5 – December 6, 1936), exhibition catalogue No. 23

Expertise by the recognized connoisseur of the work of Josef Sima and the curator of his exhibition in 1968 at the National Gallery in Prague, Professor Jaromir Zemina, enclosed.
Further consulted with Dr Irena Zantovska Murray HonFRIBA, Dr Jiri Machalicky and Vladimir Lekes.
Restorer report by Martin Martan, enclosed.

A true rarity in the art market: a work by Josef Sima with excellent provenance.