Lot 186
Jaroslav Šusta (1927 - 2018) AUGUST 68

1968
Oil on metal sheet
81 x 62 cm (h x w)
Lower right "F. Šusta 68"

Starting price
30 000 CZK
   |   1 250 €
Price realized
30 000 CZK
   |   1 250 €
price without premium

Jaroslav Šusta's recording "August 68" is a simple and striking account of the feelings that the occupation brought with it. To create the work, Šusta used a sheet metal that had been run over by an armored personnel carrier and demonstrated the form of destruction on it in an artistic shorthand. Stripped of his favorite colors and shapes, he left only the pure tone of an artifact that reflected a specific time period in history.