Josef Istler (1919-2000)

ABANDONED NEST

1967
Mixed media - assemblage and oil on wooden panel, 70,5x50 cm, signed and dated lower right "Istler 67". "For Alexandr Skalický, this artist was a living memory of the interwar and postwar avant-garde, whose work he considered a model of modern domestic art of the second half of the twentieth century. In the 1970s, when Skalický visited Istler, this artist, a member of the CoBrA group, was a reminder of the better times when domestic art was part of international events." /Pátek 2022/ Skalický admired Istler`s work. He has a lot of his works in high quality in the collection. Thanks to Istler and his cooperation, Informel becomes the main motif of the entire art collection. Framed. Provenance: The collection of Alexandr Skalický.