Lot: 1098

Emil Filla (1882 Chropyně - 1953 Prague)
Untitled (abstract figures), c. 1930

3 sheets ink and pencil on paper. 15.0 x 9.5 cm to 10.0 x 25.7 cm (passe-partout cut-outs), 60.0 x 44.0 cm (frame). Monogrammed lower right: E.F. or signed lower left: Emil Filla (pencil). Framed together under glass in a passe-partout. Frame cracked at top and bottom corners. Not de-framed. Also included: an autograph letter from the artist to his friend, the collector and first biographer Mirko Venero, Prague, dated April 15th (19)28, in which Filla inquires about a 'still life' sent by post and complains about the shipping costs of 50 Kr., ink on cream laid paper, 23.2 x 17.4 cm, folded horizontally in the middle, perforated on the left for inclusion in a folder. Also included: original photo of the artist with his wife and two boxer dogs, 1932. 11.9 x 15.5 cm. Photograph on cream colored cardboard. On the reverse, stamp of the agency '....ropress, Praha XII, Fochova 62.', and inscription by the artist in ink: Hana a Emil Filla / a Bóron a Armon / Krelen (?) 1932.

Hammer Price: 2,900 €