Lot 88. Vestment II.

Jaroslava Brychtová
1924 Železný Brod – 2020 Jablonec nad Nisou
Created: 
1996

grey fused and ground glass
height: 72 cm
width: 101 cm
depth: 25 cm
signed and dated lower: S. LIBENSKY – J. BRYCHTOVA 96–02

Provenance:
– obtained from the authors in 1998
– Rostislav Vanek collection

Publicated:
– Libensky Brychtova, Milena Klasova, published by Gallery in Prague in 2022,
reproduced on p. 223 under no. 238

Authenticity certificate enclosed by Mr Jaroslav Zahradnik, son of Jaroslava Brychtova and copyright holder, dated 1. 4. 2024.
Further consulted with Dr Irena Zantovska Murray HonFRIBA, Professor Jaromir Zemina, Dr Jiri Machalicky and Vladimir Lekes.

A similar work is in the Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

This auction lot also includes a painting by Stanislav Libensky: 

Seated Angel
1986
tempera and charcoal on paper
118 x 153 cm

Provenance:
– obtained from Jaroslava Brychtova in 2005
– Rostislav Vanek collection

The starting/selling price includes both works and the pedestal.

Starting/Selling price
2.800.000 Kč
  |  
EUR 116 670
Estimate
3.000.000–4.000.000 Kč
  |  
EUR 125 000–166 670
Price realized
2 800 000 Kč