Galerie Longa, Prague
Purchased from the above on 10 August 1999

 

Umělecký Měsíčník, II, 1913, p. 111, another cast
Peter Cannon-Brookes, Czech Sculpture 1800-1938, London, 1983, p. 85, pl. 129, another cast illustrated
Expressionism and Czech Art 1905-1927, Collection of Modern Art, National Gallery, Prague, exh. cat., 1994, p. 120, no. 19, another cast illustrated
Otto Gutfreund, National Gallery, Prague, exh. cat., 1995, pp. 44-45, another cast illustrated
Czech Modern Art 1900-1960, National Gallery & The Trade Fair Palace, Prague, exh. cat, 1995, p. 105, another cast illustrated
Jiří Hlušička, The Hascoe Collection of Czech Modern Art, Prague, 2004, p. 25🌞, mentioned; p. 198, no. S86, catalogued; p. 68, pl.&🅷nbsp;50, illustrated

Bronze, black-brown patina, overall in good condition.
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Conceived in 1912. This is a posthumous cast.