Emil Filla (1882 – 1953) - Still Life with Fruit and Fish 1928 oil on canvas 37.5 x 45 cm signed and dated lower right: Emil Filla 28. verso old labels Provenance: – Christie's auction, London, 24. 05. 1990, lot 102 – Sotheby's, London, 22. 06. 2004, lot 184 – auction The Hascoe Family Collection – Important Czech Art, London, 13. 06. 2011, lot 58 (authenticated for Sotheby´s by the renowned expert and author of exhibitions and a monograph on Emil Filla, Professor Vojtech Lahoda), auctioned for CZK 3,000,000 – significant private collection, Germany Exhibited: – Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham Museum of Art, Prague Nights: Czech Modern Art from Hascoe Collection, 2007 Consulted by Dr Frantisek Krejci Jr. (great-nephew and copyright holder of the painter). Further consulted with Dr Irena Zantovska Murray HonFRIBA, Professor Jaromir Zemina, Dr Jiri Machalicky and Vladimir Lekes. Authenticity certificate enclosed. Auction, Prague, Czech Republic.