LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

27.36 in. (69.50 cm.) (height) by 27.36 in. (69.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed Kupka (lower right)

Exhibited:

Prague, Budova S.V.U. Mánes, František Kupka: Výstava zivotní díla 1880-1946, 1946, no. 37 New York, Louis Carré Gallery, Kupka, 1951, no. 6, illustrated in the catalogue Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Kupka, 1958, no. 36 Paris, Galerie Louis Carré, Kupka: peintures 1910-1946, 1964, no. 8 Cologne, Galerie Gmurzynska, Frank Kupka, 1981, no. 12, illustrated in colour in the catalogue Cologne, Galerie Gmurzynska, Frank Kupka, Die andere Realität, 1995, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Literature:

Edith Mannoni, 'Frank Kupka, peintre des nébuleuses', in La Côté des Peintres, no. 9, vol. III, Paris, 1964, illustrated p. 19; Ludmila Vachtová, Frank Kupka, Pioneer of Abstract Art, New York & Toronto, 1968, no. 198, catalogued p. 305

Provenance:

Galerie Louis Carré, Paris; Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne; Acquired from the above by the late owner in 1981