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Jan Zrzavý (1890-1977) | Czech Městečko (Little Town with a Church), 1947 Tempera on Board Signed: Signed and dated ‘Zrzavý 47’ (lower right); signed, titled and dated ‘Jan Zrzavý / Městečko / tempera 1947’ (on the reverse). Dimensions: Framed: 43 × 51 cm | 16.9 × 20.1 in Artwork: 27 × 35 cm | 10.6 × 13.8 in Provenance: Acquired in Prague by the family of the present owner in 2018. thence by descent to the present owner. Condition: Very good condition: the paint layer — the dotted sky, the stippled white walls and the scratched (sgraffito) grass — complete and undamaged, with no retouching in normal or ultraviolet light; light rubbing at the extreme edges under the frame rebate, a faint impressed mark in the grass at the far left and a loose surface fibre. The reverse is clean and carries the artist’s pencil inscription. Please contact us to request a detailed Condition Report.Shipping: Aurora & Athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. Buyers are equally welcome to collect in Barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. Lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. For shipments outside the EU an export licence may be required and Spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. No export tax applies within the EU. Details on our Shipping & Export Information page (auroraathena.com/shipping/). Conditions of Sale: All lots are sold as is, in the condition described. The condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. Attributions and the five-year authenticity guarantee are governed by Section 4 (Returns and Refunds) of our Terms and Conditions. All enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. By placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our Terms and Conditions in full (auroraathena.com/auction-terms-and-conditions/). -- White houses with roofs of red, blue and violet gather around a church with a pointed red spire; a road winds up through green grass scratched into the paint stroke by stroke, and the sky is a field of blue dots. ‘Městečko’ — the little town — is a distilled, almost toy-like vision of a Czech village, painted in tempera in 1947 by Jan Zrzavý, one of the founding figures of Czech modern art. Zrzavý (1890–1977) belonged to the generation of the Osma and Tvrdošíjní groups, but his art stands apart: a dreamlike, simplified world in which houses, trees and hills are reduced to their essential shapes and lit by an inner light. From the 1930s he painted the Bohemian-Moravian highlands around Okrouhlice and Krucemburk, and small towns like this one became a favourite theme. The sgraffito grass and the dotted sky are hallmarks of his tempera technique. The work is signed and dated ’47’ on the front and inscribed with the title, medium and date on the reverse.
Estimate:£17,147.64
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