Vaclav Spala (1885 – 1946) - Pink and Yellow Tulips in a Polka-dotted Jug on a Carp Blanket, Background Otava Storm 1939 (date of painting completion 15. 04. 1939) oil on canvas 72 x 50 cm signed and dated lower left: V Spala 39 on the blindframe No. 1162. in two brackets: ((1162.)) – Vaclav Spala used two brackets around the inventory number of his paintings only for those he considered of exceptional quality, with a correspondingly high required selling price of the work Provenance: – the first owner R. Kitler – significant Prague collection Publicated: – List of works by Vaclav Spala (1885–1946), p. 108 Consulted with Dr Irena Zantovska Murray HonFRIBA, Professor Jaromir Zemina, Dr Jiri Machalicky and Vladimir Lekes. Authenticity certificate enclosed. Auction, Prague, Czech Republic.