Drawings AND Prints
Potrait of the painter Chaim Soutine (1893–1943)
Mané Katz (1894–1962), 1926, Graphite on paper drawing, 35 x 25 cm, Signed and dated LR: Mané Katz 26
Provenance:
purchased in 2002 from a private owner in Prague, the heir to the collection of Václav Klabík, Sr., who had acquired the
drawing before the Second World War; prior ownership history undocumented. Acc. No. JMP 177.677
10 Holzschnitte zu der Songs der 3 Goschenoper (10 woodcuts to the songs from Berthold Brecht’s TheThreepenny Opera)
Hella Guth (1908–1992), 1932, Woodcut on paper, 50 x 34 (enclosed in binders made by the artist, 52 x 41 cm), Under the print on each sheet are the title and signature
Provenance:
purchased in 2007 from a private owner in Prague; prior ownership history undocumented. Acc. No. JMP 179.115/1-10
The individual prints in the series:
- Der Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife)
- Der Kanonensong (Cannon Song)
- Das Liebeslied (Love Song)
- Der Barbara-Song (Barbara Song)
- Seeräuber-Jenny (Pirate Jenny)
- Die Tango-Ballade (Tango Ballad)
- Die Ballade vom angenehmen Leben (Ballad of Pleasant Living)
- Ballade in der Mackie Messer alle um Verzeihung bittet (Ballad in which Macheath Asks Everyone for Forgiveness)
- Der Song vom Glück (Song of Happiness)
- Der Finale (Finale)
Lady in a car (Self-portrait)
Friedl-Dicker Brandeis (1898–1944), Undated, ca. 1934, Pastel on paper, 43.5 x 56 cm, Unsigned
Provenance:
the artist’s property until 1942; 1947–48 owned by Josef Dufek of Náchod (given to him as a gift by the artist herself);
since 1987 in the Jewish Museum in Prague’s collection. Acc. No. JMP 176.282
Showers in Terezín
Karel Fleischmann (1897–1944), 1943, Pen and ink drawing on paper, 63.5 x 77 cm, Signed and dated LR: K. Fleischmann, Terezín 1943
Provenance:
1943–44 property of the artist; 1944–45 property of the artist’s family; in 1945 deposited by the artist’s family
at the Jewish Museum in Prague where it has remained. Acc. No. JMP 175.603
Black forest
Robert Piesen (1921-77), 1958, Gouache on paper, 33 x 45 cm, Signed and dated LL: Piesen 58
Provenance:
purchased in 2003 from a private owner in Prague, who had acquired it directly from the artist. Acc. No. JMP 177.753
Informel composition
Pavla Mautnerová (1919), 1960, Layered paint on paper, 16.5 x 45 cm, Signed and dated LR: Mautnerová 1960
Provenance:
purchased in 1994 from a private owner in Brno; prior ownership history undocumented. Acc. No. JMP 176.877
Head in the clouds
Aleš Veselý (1935), 1970–72, Graphite, pen and ink drawing, white tempera on paper, 94.5 x 68 cm, Signed and dated LR: Aleš Veselý 1970/72
Provenance:
purchased in 2002 directly from the artist. Acc. No. JMP 177.605
Commemorative album from a visit to Charlotte Garrigue Masaryk’s grave in Lány (1850–1923)
1928
Robert Guttmann (1880–1942), 1928, Handmade album with pasted photographs, postage stamps and ink stamps, ink, graphite,
and pastel
on paper, 30 x 22 cm
Provenance:
purchased in 1999 from a private owner in Prague; prior ownership history undocumented. Acc. No. JMP 177.378
An album with a set of 33 hand-painted postcards
Eugen von Kahler (1882–1911), Graphite, watercolor, pen and ink drawing on paper, 90 x 135 mm (album 17 x 25.3 cm)
Provenance:
acquired at auction at the Dorotheum in Prague (Sept. 21, 2013, lot no. 236); prior ownership history is undocumented, but
it evidently belonged to the mother of the artist, Ottilie von Kahler, née Bondy (1857–1939), whose property was dispersed
after her forced eviction from the family estate in Svinaře near Prague; purchased with the consent of the Kahler family
heirs. Acc. No. JMP 180.028/1-34