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
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
Milan Heidenreich, Gothenberg. Acquired from the above by the present owner.
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).
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Note du spécialiste
Jirí Šetlík has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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