(1935) Two Girls
Toyen

Popis

1930s, two-coloured lithograph on the paper, 17 x 11 cm, 35 x 27,5 cm (including frame).
Origin: Auction House Prague
The highest achieved price for Toyen´s work (oil on canvas) in the foreign auction sale – 700 thousand €, May 2016, Auction House Thierry-Lannon & Associés in Brest

The highest price achieved in the home auction sale – 36 million CZK in the year 2017, Galerie Kodl
Video record from the auction
The highest price achieved in the home auction sale for print – 216 thousand CZK in the year 2012, Galerie Kodl
The highest price achieved in the home auction sale for drawing – 1.1 million CZK in the year 2009

The charming theme of portraits of two young girls with a plant ornament in the background probably came to being in the 1930s when Toyen was engaged in working on book a magazine illustrations the most. The combination of both floral and figurative themes in the illustrations, usual for Toyen, is present here also, this time with the addition of a distinctive colour accent.
This lithograph appears in the Czech Republic auctions under both designations. The last time it was offered in 2008. Nevertheless these were invariably versions without the signature.
The lithographs Trinity and Lovers have a similar character and colour combination.

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