Lot 171
  • 171

František Kupka

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • František Kupka
  • Untitled
  • Stamped Kupka (lower right)
  • Brush and ink, gouache and pencil on paper laid down on paper
  • 8 3/4 by 6 1/2 in.
  • 22.2 by 16.5 cm

Provenance

Galerie Bargera, Cologne

Exhibited

Ashod, Israel, Art Museum Ashdod, Persecuted Art and Artists Under Totalitarian Regimes in Europe During the 20th Century, 2003, illustrated in the catalogue

Condition

This work is in very good condition. Executed on cream wove paper laid down on paper which is affixed to a mount at two places at top edge on verso. On the mount is an inscription (hidden by the mat): "Je certifie que cette gouache est entierèment de la main de Frank Kupka mon mari. Eugénie Kupka." Sheet is slightly time darkened. There are a few extremely minor studio stains to the sheet, otherwise fine.
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