(Vadín-Okrouhlice 1890–1977 Prague)
Still life with two vases, 1928, signed and dated J. Zerzavý 1928, oil on canvas, 27 x 35 cm, framed

Certificate by PhDr. Karel Srp, 31.5.2015.

Provenance:
1. Art Consulting Brno – Prague Auction house, 10 October 2015, lot 16
acquired from the above by the father of the present owner –
European Private Collection

Exhibited:
Brno, Dům pánů z Kunštátu, curated by the National Gallery, Prague, Jan Zrzavý, His work 1907–1962, April – June 1963, cat. no. 83
Prague, Mánes curated by the National Gallery, Prague, Jan Zrzavý, His work 1907–1962, April – May 1963, cat. no. 111 with ill. (Still life with serviette and apples)
Prague, Municipal House, Jan Zrzavý – an exhibition of his works
1905–1940, March 1940, cat. no. 80, p. 22
Prague, Municipal House (Umělecká beseda), April – July 1933, exh. cat. no. 260, without ill. (label on the reverse)
Prague, Mánes, 100 Years of Czech Art 1830–1930, November – December 1930, cat. no. 425, p. 72 (Still life with apples)
Prague, Aventinská mansarda, October – December 1928, no. 9 without ill. (Still life with two vases)

Literature:
Miroslav Lamač, Jan Zrzavý, Prague, 1980, no. 100 with ill. (Still life with serviette)
Karel Šourek, Jan Zrzavý, Works from 1906 – 1940, Prague 1941,
no. LXXVII with ill. (Still life with three apples)
Dalibor Plichta, Realist der inneren Sicht – Der Maler Jan Zrzavý,
Artia Prag, 1958, no. 35, ill. (Still life with serviette).

Published in:
Musaion (annual Magazine), 1928, no. 1, page 5, with ill. (Still life with two vases)