(1920) Smoker
Josef Čapek

Drawing fusain and tempera on paper, around 1920, 35×38 cm, 60×61,5 cm (including frame), signed right bottom.
Memorandum by the Author: „Hele – aby to tak bylo to malý havanský, co pan řiditel tabákový režie chystá k Vánocům to překvapení nám kuřákům!“ (“Look, this might be the small Havana cigar that the director of the tobacco factory is preparing as a surprise to us, smokers!”)
Provenance: Auction House Dorotheum, Prague
Other versions: remotely similar motif as oil – Man with pipe, oil on canvas, 1920, 45×55 cm

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