Lot 214
Adolf Born (1930 - 2016) KARA MUSTAFA'S SPY DETENTED NEAR VIENNA

2008
watercolour, pastel, paper
In frame 67,5 x 41 cm (h x w)
sign. lower right: - A Born 2008

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260 000 CZK
| 11 304 €

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300 000 CZK
| 13 043 €

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Turkey and Turkish motifs were close to Adolf Born's heart. Sultans, harem dancers, Turkish calligraphy, Turkish humor - all this became a fountain of inspiration for Adolf Born. Kara Mustafa was a central figure in the final phase of Ottoman military endeavor in Central Europe. He failed at Vienna with two hundred thousand men and was subsequently executed. Adolf Born in the presented humorous work offers one of the possible variants of how this happened.