Lot Essay
Jirí Šetlík has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Úzkost (Anxiety)
Details
Otto Gutfreund (1889-1927)
Úzkost (Anxiety)
bronze with dark brown-black patina
Height: 57 ¼ in. (145.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1911-1912 and cast circa 1960s
Úzkost (Anxiety)
bronze with dark brown-black patina
Height: 57 ¼ in. (145.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1911-1912 and cast circa 1960s
Provenance
Milan Heidenreich, Gothenberg.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
J. Císařovský, Oto Gutfreund, Prague, 1962, nos. 8-9 (another cast illustrated pp. 116-117).
M. Lamač, Modern Czech Painting, 1907-1917, Prague, 1967, no. 25 (another cast illustrated pp. 13 & 47).
P. Cannon-Brookes, Czech Sculpture, 1800-1938, London, 1983 (another cast illustrated p. 83).
J. Šetlík, Otto Gutfreund, Zaźemí tvorby, Prague, 1989, no. 162 (another cast illustrated).
National Gallery, Prague, Otto Gutfreund, exh. cat. with a catalogue raisonné of sculptures, 1995, no. 44 (another cast illustrated pp. 37 & 189).
S. A. Mansbach, Modern Art in Eastern Europe, From Baltic to the Balkans, ca. 1890-1939, Cambridge, 1999, p. 28 (another cast illustrated fig. 31).
M. Lamač, Modern Czech Painting, 1907-1917, Prague, 1967, no. 25 (another cast illustrated pp. 13 & 47).
P. Cannon-Brookes, Czech Sculpture, 1800-1938, London, 1983 (another cast illustrated p. 83).
J. Šetlík, Otto Gutfreund, Zaźemí tvorby, Prague, 1989, no. 162 (another cast illustrated).
National Gallery, Prague, Otto Gutfreund, exh. cat. with a catalogue raisonné of sculptures, 1995, no. 44 (another cast illustrated pp. 37 & 189).
S. A. Mansbach, Modern Art in Eastern Europe, From Baltic to the Balkans, ca. 1890-1939, Cambridge, 1999, p. 28 (another cast illustrated fig. 31).
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