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1956, watercolour on paper in an original mount, 64 x 49 cm, signed and dated lower right J. Sima 56, lower left dedication Adovi; on reverse attached a label with more details about the artist and the owner of the picture, lending order no. 157, to an exhibition in the Musee national d´art moderne, Paris, framed Condition: paper slightly folded Provenance: from the estate of Adolf Hoffmeister Literature: Frantisek Smejkal, Sima, Odeon 1988, Starting Price: CZK 140,000; USD 4,100; EUR 4,658, Estimated price: (160,000 - 200,000) CZK., An interesting work of a well-known and acknowledged Czech artist living in Paris, a leading representative of imaginative surrealism, Josef Sima comes from the period when in his dialectics of rise and fall prevailed (...) the second component an his landscapes running after light came again down to earth, to a mythical Mother Earth and a child-bearer. At that time his painting darkened and thickened and grew heavy, however this descent to the earth did not lead into a realm of Ancient mythology as was the case 20 years ago but into a realm of Nature initiation (...), into a dusky landscape covered by thick mist. (F. Smejkal)
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