Auction day 95
The spring auction of Galerie KODL will present a collection of 217 outstanding works that trace the evolution of Czech visual art over the past three centuries.
The oldest work offered will be a rare cabinet painting by the Rococo artist Norbert Grund. French plein-air landscape painting is echoed in the works of the distinctive Czech artist Antonín Chittussi, represented by four gallery pieces from his most highly regarded period. Among other museum-quality works is Quiet Bay by Jakub Schikaneder from the 1910s. The 19th-century section is further enriched by notable international artists, including Charles Clément Calderon and Louis Douzette. The Czech artists active in Paris at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries are represented primarily by František Kupka and the Impressionist landscape painter Václav Radimský.
The 1920s and the Czech interwar avant-garde are represented by works such as Glass Tray and a Fish by Antonín Procházka and Still Life with Watermelon (1929) by Emil Filla, dating from his celebrated “white period.” Václav Špála is strongly represented with ten oil paintings, alongside works by Otakar Kubín and Miloslav Chlupáč. The oeuvre of Josef Lada will be recalled through a total of eight lots.
The auction will also feature a rare early Cubist work by Josef Čapek, Drunkard, first exhibited at the renowned Second Exhibition of the Tvrdošíjní in January 1920.
An exceptional example of interwar Surrealism is Landscape (1935) by Yves Tanguy, whom the celebrated theorist André Breton described as a painter of “captivating aerial, subterranean, and maritime elegances.”
The immediate postwar period is represented by the frequently exhibited The Good Samaritan by František Tichý, Kamil Lhoták’s painted Paris diary, and the large-format panoramic work on paper Field in Brie by Josef Šíma, which captures the transition from the meditative clarity of luminous plains to the darker and more material character of his later work.
Art of the second half of the 20th century is represented by figures such as František Muzika, Adriena Šimotová, Karel Malich, Vlastimil Beneš, Jiří Načeradský, and Olbram Zoubek. A significant highlight of the auction is also the glass sculpture Blue Sky by the renowned duo Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová.
A unique work that defines the entire spring auction is Theodore Pištěk’s Self-Portrait at the Window 1 from the 1980s, in which the central motif – a veiled, averted face – reflects the era of harsh normalization and lack of freedom.
The auction concludes with a selection of contemporary artists, including Jiří Georg Dokoupil, Veronika Holcová, Martin Janecký, MAATTY, Pavla Malinová, Michal Mráz, Jan Pištěk, Zdenka Reinerová, Michael Rittstein, Jaroslav Róna, Mária Švarbová, and Lubomír Typlt.
The spring auction will also include charity auctions. Works by artists such as Michal Cimala, Jakub Špaňhel, and Vladimír Véla will be auctioned in support of the Prague Spring Art Salon. To benefit the non-profit organization Centrum Paraple, works by Karel Gott, Martin Herold, Ota Janeček, Jan Mikulka, and Adéla Oliva will be available.
Pre-auction exhibition: Galerie KODL, 4–30 May, daily including weekends and public holidays, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Guided tours: 7, 14, 21, and 28 May, always from 4 p.m.
Auction lots
250,000 – 350,000
180,000 CZK
200,000 – 300,000
130,000 CZK
150,000 – 200,000
100,000 CZK
200,000 – 250,000
150,000 CZK
180,000 – 230,000
150,000 CZK
200,000 – 300,000
120,000 CZK
400,000 – 600,000
280,000 CZK
700,000 – 1,400,000
500,000 CZK
100,000 – 150,000
80,000 CZK
200,000 – 400,000
120,000 CZK
800,000 – 1,200,000
500,000 CZK
600,000 – 1,000,000
450,000 CZK
1,000,000 – 2,000,000
800,000 CZK
500,000 – 1,000,000
400,000 CZK
1,200,000 – 2,200,000
900,000 CZK
50,000 – 150,000
30,000 CZK
150,000 – 250,000
80,000 CZK
400,000 – 600,000
300,000 CZK
400,000 – 600,000
220,000 CZK
2,000,000 – 4,000,000
1,500,000 CZK
200,000 – 500,000
150,000 CZK
200,000 – 400,000
130,000 CZK
250,000 – 450,000
180,000 CZK
300,000 – 600,000
200,000 CZK
1,500,000 – 2,500,000
1,200,000 CZK
80,000 – 160,000
60,000 CZK
700,000 – 1,400,000
500,000 CZK
10,000,000 – 20,000,000
8,000,000 CZK
300,000 – 600,000
200,000 CZK
100,000 – 150,000
70,000 CZK
300,000 – 600,000
200,000 CZK
100,000 – 150,000
60,000 CZK
2,000,000 – 2,500,000
1,500,000 CZK
200,000 – 300,000
120,000 CZK
100,000 – 200,000
70,000 CZK
300,000 – 600,000
200,000 CZK
300,000 – 500,000
220,000 CZK
100,000 – 200,000
70,000 CZK
100,000 – 200,000
70,000 CZK
300,000 – 600,000
200,000 CZK
600,000 – 1,200,000
500,000 CZK
2,500,000 – 3,500,000
1,900,000 CZK
1,300,000 – 1,800,000
800,000 CZK
200,000 – 300,000
120,000 CZK
600,000 – 1,200,000
500,000 CZK
100,000 – 200,000
70,000 CZK
70,000 – 140,000
50,000 CZK
300,000 – 500,000
200,000 CZK
100,000 – 200,000
80,000 CZK
3,000,000 – 6,000,000
2,000,000 CZK
250,000 – 350,000
190,000 CZK
80,000 – 160,000
50,000 CZK
150,000 – 250,000
100,000 CZK
200,000 – 300,000
120,000 CZK
400,000 – 800,000
300,000 CZK
80,000 – 160,000
50,000 CZK
100,000 – 200,000
80,000 CZK
200,000 – 300,000
150,000 CZK
150,000 – 250,000
90,000 CZK
2,000,000 – 4,000,000
1,500,000 CZK
50,000 – 100,000
30,000 CZK
60,000 – 120,000
40,000 CZK
100,000 – 200,000
60,000 CZK
200,000 – 300,000
100,000 CZK
1,500,000 – 2,500,000
1,200,000 CZK
150,000 – 250,000
100,000 CZK
200,000 – 500,000
150,000 CZK
300,000 – 600,000
180,000 CZK
150,000 – 300,000
100,000 CZK
800,000 – 1,600,000
500,000 CZK
100,000 – 200,000
70,000 CZK
200,000 – 300,000
120,000 CZK
250,000 – 450,000
180,000 CZK
60,000 – 120,000
40,000 CZK
5,000,000 – 10,000,000
4,000,000 CZK
700,000 – 1,200,000
500,000 CZK
600,000 – 900,000
450,000 CZK
1,000,000 – 2,000,000
600,000 CZK
100,000 – 200,000
70,000 CZK
350,000 – 400,000
280,000 CZK
150,000 – 250,000
100,000 CZK
200,000 – 300,000
140,000 CZK
1,200,000 – 2,200,000
750,000 CZK
600,000 – 1,200,000
400,000 CZK
500,000 – 1,000,000
300,000 CZK
200,000 – 400,000
150,000 CZK
100,000 – 200,000
60,000 CZK
400,000 – 800,000
300,000 CZK
80,000 – 160,000
50,000 CZK
14,000,000 – 22,000,000
9,000,000 CZK
300,000 – 400,000
240,000 CZK
600,000 – 1,000,000
500,000 CZK
300,000 – 600,000
200,000 CZK
1,000,000 – 2,000,000
800,000 CZK
6,000,000 – 12,000,000
4,000,000 CZK
200,000 – 400,000
130,000 CZK
100,000 – 200,000
70,000 CZK
100,000 – 200,000
80,000 CZK
1,500,000 – 2,500,000
900,000 CZK
200,000 – 500,000
150,000 CZK
120,000 – 180,000
95,000 CZK
1,000,000 – 2,000,000
600,000 CZK
60,000 – 100,000
50,000 CZK
300,000 – 600,000
220,000 CZK
500,000 – 800,000
400,000 CZK
400,000 – 700,000
300,000 CZK
600,000 – 1,000,000
400,000 CZK
13,000,000 – 15,000,000
11,500,000 CZK
150,000 – 250,000
80,000 CZK
150,000 – 250,000
130,000 CZK
150,000 – 250,000
100,000 CZK
60,000 – 120,000
40,000 CZK
1,000,000 – 2,000,000
700,000 CZK
300,000 – 600,000
200,000 CZK
70,000 – 120,000
60,000 CZK
300,000 – 500,000
250,000 CZK
400,000 – 700,000
300,000 CZK
1,500,000 – 2,500,000
1,000,000 CZK
200,000 – 400,000
150,000 CZK
500,000 – 1,000,000
350,000 CZK
20,000,000 – 30,000,000
15,000,000 CZK
50,000 – 100,000
40,000 CZK
300,000 – 400,000
180,000 CZK
300,000 – 600,000
250,000 CZK
250,000 – 350,000
200,000 CZK
800,000 – 1,600,000
500,000 CZK
700,000 – 1,100,000
400,000 CZK
3,000,000 – 7,000,000
2,500,000 CZK
250,000 – 350,000
180,000 CZK
100,000 – 200,000
60,000 CZK
300,000 – 600,000
200,000 CZK
200,000 – 400,000
120,000 CZK
2,000,000 – 4,000,000
1,500,000 CZK
50,000 – 100,000
40,000 CZK
50,000 – 100,000
40,000 CZK
100,000 – 200,000
60,000 CZK
500,000 – 700,000
350,000 CZK
3,000,000 – 6,000,000
2,200,000 CZK
70,000 – 140,000
50,000 CZK
300,000 – 600,000
250,000 CZK
300,000 – 600,000
230,000 CZK
50,000 – 100,000
40,000 CZK
500,000 – 1,000,000
300,000 CZK
400,000 – 700,000
300,000 CZK
2,000,000 – 3,000,000
1,400,000 CZK
300,000 – 600,000
200,000 CZK
2,500,000 – 5,500,000
1,800,000 CZK
200,000 – 400,000
150,000 CZK
100,000 – 200,000
70,000 CZK
200,000 – 400,000
170,000 CZK
150,000 – 250,000
100,000 CZK
200,000 – 300,000
130,000 CZK
400,000 – 800,000
250,000 CZK
1,000,000 – 2,000,000
700,000 CZK
200,000 – 400,000
100,000 CZK
200,000 – 300,000
140,000 CZK
1,500,000 – 3,500,000
1,000,000 CZK
100,000 – 200,000
80,000 CZK
200,000 – 500,000
150,000 CZK
600,000 – 1,200,000
500,000 CZK
800,000 – 1,600,000
450,000 CZK
1,200,000 – 2,200,000
1,000,000 CZK
300,000 – 600,000
250,000 CZK
100,000 – 200,000
70,000 CZK
100,000 – 200,000
60,000 CZK
150,000 – 200,000
100,000 CZK
600,000 – 1,200,000
400,000 CZK
300,000 – 600,000
250,000 CZK
1,500,000 – 2,500,000
1,200,000 CZK
150,000 – 250,000
80,000 CZK
100,000 – 200,000
80,000 CZK
250,000 – 350,000
180,000 CZK
150,000 – 250,000
80,000 CZK
1,800,000 – 2,800,000
1,500,000 CZK
500,000 – 800,000
320,000 CZK
300,000 – 600,000
220,000 CZK
500,000 – 1,000,000
350,000 CZK
150,000 – 250,000
80,000 CZK
150,000 – 250,000
100,000 CZK
400,000 – 800,000
300,000 CZK
150,000 – 250,000
80,000 CZK
150,000 – 300,000
100,000 CZK
300,000 – 600,000
250,000 CZK
200,000 – 500,000
150,000 CZK
400,000 – 800,000
280,000 CZK
250,000 – 350,000
200,000 CZK
300,000 – 600,000
200,000 CZK
150,000 – 350,000
100,000 CZK
150,000 – 250,000
90,000 CZK
150,000 – 250,000
100,000 CZK
40,000 – 80,000
30,000 CZK
70,000 – 140,000
40,000 CZK
80,000 – 160,000
50,000 CZK
250,000 – 550,000
180,000 CZK
100,000 – 200,000
70,000 CZK
100,000 – 200,000
60,000 CZK
100,000 – 200,000
70,000 CZK
150,000 – 350,000
80,000 CZK
100,000 – 200,000
80,000 CZK