František Úprka (1868-1929)

FIGURE OF A MAN WITH A BOWL

(1921)
Patinated bronze, height of the figure 25.5 cm, on a wooden lacquered prism base, height 10 cm. Marked on plinth "FU". The 1921 date refers to the original plaster sculpture (h. 53 cm), also listed under the names Družba z Lanžhota, Šohaj z Lanžhota and Šohaj with bowl, which is in the collections of the GVU in Hodonín, inv. no. P-135; the bronze cast from the original is owned by MU Olomouc, inv. no. P-272. In.: Jaroslav Kačer, Franta Úprka 1868-1929, Hodonín 2008, p. 174, repr. also in imprint. Condition A.