OTTO GUTFREUND (1889-1927) Hrác na cello (The Cellist)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 18 ¾ in. (47.5 cm.)
Conceived in1912-1913; this example cast in 1998
OTTO GUTFREUND (1889-1927) Hrác na cello (The Cellist)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 18 ¾ in. (47.5 cm.)
Conceived in1912-1913; this example cast in 1998
This example made under contract with the National Gallery, Prague from their collection cast (inventory no. NG P3251) in 1998.
J. Císařovský, Oto Gutfreund [sic], Prague, 1962, no. 71, n.p. (another cast illustrated fig. 26, n.p.). M. Lamač, Modern Czech Painting 1907-1917, Prague, 1967, no. 52, p. 7 (another cast illustrated p. 90). P. Cannon-Brookes, Czech Sculpture 1800-1938, London, 1983, fig. 127, p. 84 (another cast illustrated p. 85). S.A. Mansbach, Modern Art in Eastern Europe, from the Baltic to the Balkans, ca. 1890-1939, Cambridge, 1999, fig. 37, p. 31 (another cast illustrated). J. Hlušička, The Hascoe Collection of Czech Modern Artof the First Half of the Twentieth Century, Prague, 2004, no. S91, pp. 25 & 199 (illustrated pl. 57).
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