Lot 371
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FRANTIŠEK KUPKA | Composition

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 EUR
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Description

  • František Kupka
  • Composition
  • stamped with the signature Kupka (towards lower left)
  • watercolour on paper
  • 16,4 x 11,3 cm; 6 1/4 x 4 3/8 in.
  • Executed in the early 1920s.

Provenance

Sale: Christie's, London, November 29, 1993, lot 76
Acquired at the above sale by Dr. Arthur Brandt

Exhibited

Ithaca, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, A Private Eye: Dada, Surrealism and More from the Brandt Collection, 2006

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and attached to the backing board at each corner, and floating in its mount. The sheet is time stained and undulating, and there is a small loss to the extreme upper left corner. There are some very minor scattered spots of foxing, only visible on close examination. Overall this work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Pierre Brullé.
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