Bohumil Kubista - Portrait of a Reader (Portrait of Professor Antonin Matejcek) 1910, oil on canvas, 70 x 58 cm Provenance: - collection of Bohumil Kubista - collection of the painter Emil Filla (in the collection until Emil Filla's death in 1953) – collection of Hana Fillova and subsequently the Krejci family (relatives of Emil Filla) - confiscation by the Czechoslovak state, placed in the National Gallery in Prague (1961), in the National Gallery Prague under registration number O 8550 - restitution by the National Gallery in Prague to the family of Emil Filla - Gallery Zlata husa, Prague - significant private collection Exhibited. Publicated. Consulted with Dr Mahulena Neslehova, a renowned expert on the work and the author of Kubista's inventory. Further consulted with Dr Irena Zantovska Murray HonFRIBA, Professor Jaromir Zemina, Dr Jiri Machalicky and Vladimir Lekes. Confirmation of authenticity enclosed. The painting was profesionally researched and restored by Dr Tomas Berger.