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Timed Online Auction, 11 - 22 October 2024

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ZAR 99 663
Lot 47
  • Zdenek Burian; Cave Men
  • Zdenek Burian; Cave Men
  • Zdenek Burian; Cave Men


Lot Estimate
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 99 663
Location
Cape Town

About this Item

Czech 1905-1981
Cave Men

signed; dated 1959 with a Czech inscription in pen on the reverse

ink and gouache on paper
image size: 20 by 21cm; 34,5 by 24 by 1cm including frame

Provenance

Acquired from the artist and thence by descent to the current owner.

Notes

Zdenek Burian was a Czech painter, book illustrator, and palaeoartist whose work significantly advanced palaeontological reconstruction. Widely regarded as one of the most influential palaeoartists, he began his career in the 1920s, gaining fame for his novel illustrations in Czechoslovakia. A pivotal moment came with his artwork for Eduard Štorch’s The Mammoth Hunters (1937), leading to a fruitful collaboration with palaeontologist, Josef Augusta. Although the exact number of his paintings is unclear, it is suggested that he created between 1,000 and 20,000 works, with around 500 to 800 dedicated to prehistoric reconstructions.

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