LOT DETAILS

Materials:

gouache, watercolor and pencil on paper

Size Notes:

12¾ by 10 in.

Edition:

Executed circa 1929-30.

Description:

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Markings:

signed Kupka (lower right); stamped Kupka (on the verso)

Condition:

This work is in very good condition. The colors are bright and fresh. Executed on cream wove paper. The sheet is hinged at four places along the sheet verso to a window mat. The sheet is lightly time stained. There is a 1/4 inch tear to the upper right edge. Some very light wear to the upper edge of the sheet. The sheet undulates slightly due to the method of hinging. Some very light pindots of foxing to the sheet, only visible on very close inspection. Framed: 20? by 17? in. (52.4 by 45.4 cm.)

Provenance:

Estate of the artist Galerie Internationale d’Art Contemporain, Paris Modernism Gallery, San Francisco Private Collection, Europe (acquired from the above in 1982) Christie’s New York, 14 September 2006, lot 60 (consigned by the above) Acquired from the above by the present owner