Lot #126
Waiting for bidding
Jiří Trnka (1912–1969)
Titania and Bottom in the Enchanted Forest
mixed media (pencil, gouache, wax pastel) on paper
turn of the 1950s and 1960s
not signed
60 × 41 cm
framed, mounted, glazed
Estimate: 200,000 CZK – 300,000 CZK
Starting price:
100,000 CZK
100,000 CZK
This is one of the drawn variants of a motif from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which later served as models for a series of lithographs. The lower edge of the paper is slightly damaged in places, see photo. An expert opinion by academic painter J. Trnka, the artist’s son, is attached.
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