Untitled - Nude And Flowers
10.16 cms x 97.16 cms x 15.88 cms (4 ins x 38.25 ins x 4 ins)
Signed and dated lower right
printed in 1970
Lot offered for sale by Saskatchewan NAC, Regina at the auction event "Nude Saskatchewan - SK, Canadian And International Figurative Nude Art" held on Wed, Apr 27, 2022.
Lot 146
Lot 146
Estimate: CAD $60 - $80
Realised: CAD $141
Realised: CAD $141
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Ex Libris Bookplate for VS.
Notes:
Miroslav Houra was born in 1933 in Krhanice, Czech Republic. From 1948 to 1952 he studied at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, and in 1955 he graduated from the Faculty of Education, Charles University in Prague. Houra was internationally renowned for his printmaking, especially woodcuts and linocuts, but his work also included painting, ceramic mosaics, stained glass and tapestries. He died in Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic, in 2006.
Ex Libris Bookplate for VS.
Notes:
Miroslav Houra was born in 1933 in Krhanice, Czech Republic. From 1948 to 1952 he studied at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, and in 1955 he graduated from the Faculty of Education, Charles University in Prague. Houra was internationally renowned for his printmaking, especially woodcuts and linocuts, but his work also included painting, ceramic mosaics, stained glass and tapestries. He died in Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic, in 2006.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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