Lot 173

Jan Zrzavý (1890 - 1977) INSTRUMENTS OF THE PASSION VI

In this drawing the Arma Christi, the holy Christian objects associated with Jesus' Passion, are exhibited on a table under a baldachin. In addition to the common instruments of torture and death, there is also the scarlet robe of mockery and the dice with which soldiers cast lots for the robe. The number 70707 refers to the Kabbalistic understanding of numbers and numerology. This work by a leading Czech symbolist shows elements of strong lyricism and existentialism.