Kamil Lhoták was a self-taught painter and graphic artist, developing an individual and distinctive style which was frequently infused with technological inventions of the day. He was a founding member of the Czech artistic collective Group42, which was influenced by cubism, futurism and surrealism while addressing depictions of technology. In 1952, he created a series of drawings based upon American magazines, titled Amerika.

Lhoták exhibited in Prague, Berlin and Vienna. From childhood, he would paint and draw motorcycles, cars and bicycles. As his career progressed so he would ascend to depicting airships, planes, and in the instance of the current lot, a balloon. His colorful works frequently hold mysterious elements su...