COLOR Aquatint/Etching ~ ANTIQUE PRAGUE VIEW~ 1920s Signed LISTED ARTIST

Description: A fine Post-Impressionist color etching and aquatint by Vaclav Soucek (1887-1941). The print was executed in 1921 and depicts Golden Lane (Zlatá ulička in Czech), a narrow street in the old quarter of Prague, I've included a present day image of the street in the photo gallery. In the right foreground is an old man smoking a pipe, he may well be a depiction of a Hasidic or Orthodox Jewish gentleman. The style and techniques used by the artist are notably similar to what one sees in the Paris prints of T. Frantisek Simon, I think it is very likely that Simon and Soucek studied and trained under the same masters in Prague. The print is pencil signed by the artist in the lower right and annotated in the lower left margin, possibly "orig. lept" for original etching. The plate measures 7 3/4 x 9 1/8 inches, the full sheet is 14 3/4 x 12 inches. Aside from some age toning to the very edges of the paper sheet, the print is in excellent condition, does not seem to have ever been matted. Vaclav Soucek (1887 Trebes - 1941 Prague) was a well regarded painter and printmaker working in Prague and noted for his scenes of life in the city. In April 1929, he exhibited a set of eighteen paintings in the Rubesov Salon in Prague together with Jaromir Kunc. He often collaborated with the printer, Josef Mayer, for his color etching and aquatints.

Price: 110 USD

Location: Spring Hill, Florida

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