Yosl Bergner
(1920 - 2017)
THE TRIAL (FRANZ KAFKA), 1988
oil on canvas
73.0 x 50.5 cm
signed and dated lower left: Y. Bergner 88
inscribed lower left to lower right: ‘This door was intended only for / you. I am now going to shut it.'
signed and inscribed verso: 73 x 50 cm / Yosl Bergner / painting to / Franz Kafka's / “THE TRIAL” / “THIS DOOR WAS INTENDED / ONLY FOR YOU. I AM NOW / GOING TO / SHUT IT”
Estimate:
$6,000 - $9,000
Sold:
$17,400 (inc. BP)
lot details
Yosl Bergner (1920 - 2017)
THE TRIAL (FRANZ KAFKA), 1988
oil on canvas
73.0 x 50.5 cm
signed and dated lower left: Y. Bergner 88
inscribed lower left to lower right: ‘This door was intended only for / you. I am now going to shut it.'
signed and inscribed verso: 73 x 50 cm / Yosl Bergner / painting to / Franz Kafka's / “THE TRIAL” / “THIS DOOR WAS INTENDED / ONLY FOR YOU. I AM NOW / GOING TO / SHUT IT”
inscribed lower left to lower right: ‘This door was intended only for / you. I am now going to shut it.'
signed and inscribed verso: 73 x 50 cm / Yosl Bergner / painting to / Franz Kafka's / “THE TRIAL” / “THIS DOOR WAS INTENDED / ONLY FOR YOU. I AM NOW / GOING TO / SHUT IT”
Provenance
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 26 April 1992, lot 369
Wesfarmers Art Collection, Perth (label attached verso)