Jan Zrzavý * (Vadín-Okrouhlice 1890–1977 Prague) Still life with three apples, 1928, signed and dated J. Zerzavý 1928, oil on canvas, 35 x 46.5 cm, framed Certificate by PhDr. Karel Srp, 5.2.2015. Provenance: Private Collection, Brno (label on the reverse) acquired from the above by the father of the present owner around 1990 – European Private Collection Exhibited: Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris-Prague 1906–1930, March – April 1966, exh. cat. no. 125, ill. (Text: Bernard Dorival) (Nature morte à la serviette et aux pommes) (label on the reverse) Brno, Dům pánů z Kunštátu, Jan Zrzavý, his work from 1907–1962, April – June 1963, cat. no. 82 Prague, Mánes, Jan Zrzavý, his work from 1907–1962, January – March 1963, cat. no. 110 Prague, Municipal House, Jan Zrzavý – an exhibition of his works 1905–1940, March 1940, cat. no. 79, p. 22 Prague, Aventinská mansarda, Jan Zrzavý, October – December 1928, no. 8 (Still life with three apples) Literature: Miroslav Lamač, Prague 1980, no. 101 with ill. (Still life with three apples) František Dvořák, Jan Zrzavý, Prague 1965, no. 36 with ill. (Still life on the marble table) Svět Jana Zrzavého, ed. National Gallery, Prague 1963, with ill. (Still life with 3 apples and a blue vase) Karel Šourek, Jan Zrzavý, Works from 1906–1940, Prague 1941, no. LXXVIII with ill. (Still life with a vase and three apples) Published in: Musaion (annual Magazine), 1928, no. 1, page 4, with ill.