oil on canvas Dimensions: 70 x 91 cm signed and dated lower right: "Šíma 1930" verso signed by the author's hand: "Šíma"   Provenance: - collection of the poet Theo Herkel Florin (purchased directly from the painter Josef Šima) / acquired from T.H. Florin by Stanislav Šmatlák and thence by descent to the present owner ( heirs of Stanislav Šmatlák) - Stanislav Šmatlák's collection (purchased from T. H. Florin) - the painting was included in the auction by the Stanislav Šmatlák family   Exhibited. - „Josef Šíma, Jan Zrzavý: paintings from important collections“, Adolf Loos Apartment and Gallery, Mánes Praha, February 13 – 24, 2019   Expertise by Professor Jaromir Zemina attached. Expertise by Dr Karel Srp attached. Restoration report by academic painter Tomas Berger attached. Consulted with Dr Jiri Machalicky and Alena Havlikova.