THE TRIAL (FRANZ KAFKA), 1988

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Melbourne
29 August 2012
131

YOSL BERGNER

born 1920
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 for $17,400 (inc. BP) in Auction 26 - 29 August 2012, Melbourne
Provenance

Sotheby's, Melbourne, 26 April 1992, lot 369
Wesfarmers Art Collection, Perth (label attached verso)