Filla painting fetches record 11.2 million crowns

The 1914 oil-on-wood painting “Glass and Newspaper” by Cubist painter Emil Filla has fetched a record 11.2 million crowns in a Prague auction: the sum is the highest bid a Filla painting has ever received in auction in the Czech Republic. Bidding began at 9 million. The painting is considered one of Filla’s most important - comparable to other Cubist masterworks of the early 20th century.