Lot 177

Miroslav Vystrčil (1924 - 2014) A TORSAL SEATED FIGURE

The plaster torso on a rustic wooden high plinth represents the early work of Miroslav Vystrčil, who belongs to a generation of artists that went through a very complicated period of study and had only a very short time to exhibit. In the 1960s, the Máj 57 group, of which he was a part, significantly enriched the Czech art scene qualitatively, and although Miroslav Vystrčil was not very interested in the presentation and promotion of his work, his contribution to the preservation of the development of Czech art during the toughest times of communist persecution cannot be overlooked. The sculpture on offer comes from the artist's estate.