Lot 129

Franta Úprka (1868 - 1929) MOTHER

A statuette of a peasant woman in a folk costume with a baby in her arms and a child hiding behind her skirt. White and colored glazed, colorful over-glaze painting with floral patterns on the garment, marked "KS Bechyně", model No. "178". František Úprka, Joža Úprka's younger brother, devoted himself to architectural decorative sculpture, occasionally also to interior and monumental work (mostly tombstones) - mainly in Prague, but also elsewhere, as well as small ceramics. He returned to his native Slovácko and thematically drew from it all his life.