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Josef Vyleťal (1940-1989)
THE KNIGHT AND THE DEATH (OR THE APOCALYPTIC RIDER OR THE NIGHT RIDER)
1977
Oil on canvas mounted on wooden panel, 82,2x61,6 cm, signed and dated lower center "J. Vyleťal 1977". Marked on the verso "Josef Vyleťal, "Rytíř a smrt", Olej na dřevě, použito vodou rozpustných vstev 1977".
Framed, glazed.
Provenance: The collection of Alexandr Skalický.
Certificate of authenticity by artist`s wife Olga Vyleťalová from 2017. Report on the sale of the artist`s copy of the painting titled "The Dance of Death" at the auction in Prague in 2016, which was originally created for the Groll Gallery in Nuremberg.
Exhibited: Gallery in Roudnice nad Labem, 1982.
Lit.: Josef Vyleťal (exhibition catalogue), Gallery in Roudnice nad Labem, 1982.
Rostislav Svraš, Josef Vyleťal: Malíř smrti. Prague: Anomal, 1993, p. 63.
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