Auction:
April Auction in Mánes
Author:
Max Švabinský
Year:
(1873 – 1962)
Artwork:
Portrait of Josef Manes with a Laurel Wreath
Starting/Selling price:
580 EUR
Estimate:
1 150–1 540 EUR
Sold:
50.000 Kč
pencil on paper
Dimensions: 35 x 22 cm
signed lower left: "Svabinsky"
inscribed upper right
Provenance:
- collection of Jindrich Waldes
- confiscated by the Gestapo in 1939, moved to the State Gallery and then to the National Gallery in Prague
- deposited in the collections of the National Gallery in Prague, registered under No. K 7358
- in 1996 the restitution of the National Gallery in Prague (the so-called Waldes restitution) to the heirs of the factory owner Jindrich Waldes
- significant private collection
Consulted with Professor Jaromir Zemina, Dr Karel Srp, Dr Jiri Machalicky, Aneta Kopecka and Vladimir Lekes.
Confirmation of authenticity attached.
