Top 10 of the year 2009

The review of ten top-priced paintings, the price figures are quoted including the auctioneer´s commission.

1 / FRANTIŠEK KUPKA: ZHROUCENÍ VERTIKÁL (COLLAPSE OF VERTICALS) / 1935
Oil on canvas / 71 × 70 cm
Price: CZK 25,960,000 / 1. Art Consulting 25th March 2009

2 / TOYEN: SPÍCÍ (ASLEEP) / 1937
Oil on canvas / 81 × 100 cm
Price: CZK 23,310,000 / Pictura Gallery 22nd March 2009

3 / EMIL FILLA: SKLENICE A NOVINY (GLASS AND NEWSPAPER) / 1914
Oil on canvas / 33 × 23,5 cm
Price: CZK 13,440,000 / Kodl Gallery 29th November 2009

4 / TOYEN: SMUTNÝ DEN (SAD DAY) / 1942

Oil on canvas / 60 x 92 cm
Price: CZK 13,200,000 / Art Gallery Prague 22nd November 2009

5 / JINDŘICH ŠTYRSKÝ: MALDOROR / 1941
Oil on canvas / 40 × 50 cm
Price: CZK 12,980,000 / Adolf Loos Apartment and Gallery 25th March 2009

6 / ANONYMOUS: UMUČENÍ SVĚTICE (MARTYRDOM OF SAINTESS) / around 1390
Tempera and gold on wood / 36 × 26,3 cm
Price: CZK 12,915,000 / Adolf Loos Apartment and Gallery 25th March 2009

7 / JAN ZRZAVÝ: HORNATÁ KRAJINA (RANGE) / 1912
Oil on canvas / 50,5 × 61 cm
Price: CZK 12,390,000 / Adolf Loos Apartment and Gallery 25th November 2009

8 / GEORGES BRAQUE: OVOCE, DŽBÁN A DÝMKA (FRUIT, PITCHER AND PIPE) / 1924
Oil on wood / 42 × 60 cm
Price: CZK 11,564,000 / 1. Art Consulting 25th January 2009

9 / JINDŘICH ŠTYRSKÝ: HLAVA, KTERÁ MYSLÍ (HEAD IN THOUGHTS) / 1934
Oil on wood / 65 × 54,5 cm
Price: CZK 11,055,000 / Art Gallery Prague 22nd November 2009

10 / Emil Filla: Zátiší s mandolínou a miskou (Still with mandolin and fruit bowl) / 1933
Oil on canvas / 81 × 116 cm
Price: CZK 10,920,000 / Art Gallery Prague 20th September 2009