Curatorial Narrative In the midst of World War I, Antonin Prochzka’s “Still life with cup and book” (1915) emerged as a testament to the artist’s Cubist inclinations. This seminal work embodies the reduction of forms to geometric essentials, executed through an impasto brushwork that imbues the composition with a tactile quality. The restricted palette of red, yellow, black, and white serves to heighten the visual tension, as if the very essence of the objects has been distilled into their most fundamental chromatic components. Prochzka’s modernist vision is characterized by a minimalist approach, wherein the spareness of the composition belies a profound attention to spatial rhythm and atmospheric weight.When enlarged to 44×62, “Still life with cup and book” assumes a majestic scale that recalibrates its visual dynamics within a luxury interior environment. The palette’s chromatic structure, now writ large, precipitates a dramatic