Filla Emil (1882-1953)

Zátiší s třešněmi, 1948

oil, canvas, frame
signed Emil Filla 48 lower right, paper label US ČSVU with painting description on the reverse
33 x 41 cm

(appraisal value 1 800 000 - 2 200 000 Kč) Provenance: Private collection, bought from the first owner Aug. Kníže, Prague, who obtained it directly from the artist. Purchase contract from 1976 attached as well as exhibition cat. Emila Filly from May 1947, S.V.U. Mánes, with artist´s notes and hand writed poem from 1946. Exhibited at Filla´s still-lifes from 1911-1951 in Vincence Kramář gallery. Attached authentification by PhDr. Jaromír Zemina.