Auction:
April Auction in Mánes
Author:
Antonín Slavíček
Year:
(1870 – 1910)
Artwork:
Still Life with Apples
Created:
1910
Starting/Selling price:
18 850 EUR
Estimate:
23 080 - 34 620 EUR
Sold:
810.000 Kč
oil, canvas, cardboard
Dimensions: 26 x 31 cm
dated lower right: 1910
verso a note of authenticity written by the author's son
Provenance:
- Cyril Dusek (1881-1924), one of the founders of Czechoslovakia, a close friend of T.G. Masaryk, a prominent politician and journalist, editor of Cas magazine, member of the National Assembly of Czechoslovakia and the so-called Mafia, diplomat (he was the first Czechoslovak ambassador to Switzerland and Egypt). Cyril Dušek bought the painting Still Life with Apples directly from his friend the painter Antonín Slavíček.
- collection of an important Prague collector and banker Bohuslav Dušek
- collection of the Bohuslav Dusek family
Consulted with Professor Jaromir Zemina, Dr Karel Srp, Dr Jiri Machalicky, Aneta Kopecka and Vladimir Lekes.
Confirmation of authenticity attached.
