Karel Safar

(1938 - 2016)

Karel Safar was a printmaking artist.

From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for an engraving work attributed to Karel Safar (1938-2016) was C$28 - paid for "Untitled - Nude With Eyes Closed" at Saskatchewan NAC in Regina on Wed, Apr 27, 2022.
ArtValue.ca has 14 auction art sale records for their engraving results, with prices in the range of C$25 to C$50.

Notable Art Works

Untitled - Nude With Eyes Closed
limited edition engraving on paper 10/10
8.89 cms x 6.99 cms x 12.7 cms (3.5 ins x 2.75 ins x 3.5 ins)

Lot for sale by Saskatchewan NAC Auction House, Regina
Lot# 97
Wed, Apr 27, 2022

Estimate CAD $70 - $100
Sold for CAD $28

Smiling Nude
limited edition coloured aquatint on rag...
8.25 cms x 4.25 cms (3.25 ins x 1.67 ins)

Lot for sale by Saskatchewan NAC Auction House, Regina
Lot# 327
Sun, Sep 22, 2024

Estimate CAD $35 - $50
Sold for CAD $18

Saskatchewan NAC Auction House Biography and Notes

Karel Safar was born in Rychnov na Kneznou, Czech Republic, in 1938. As a young man he worked in Karlovy Vary as an architect, then from 1965 - 1971 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague in the studio of Karel Svolinsky. After his studies he travelled to Nepal and then to India, where for a time he was a professor at the University of Benares. He returned to the Czech Republic and remained prolific in painting and printmaking, becoming considered one of the most prominent figures in Czech graphics. Karel Safar died in 2016.

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