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František Kupka

Opočno 1871 – 1957 Puteaux

Untitled (study for a pochoir). Circa 1921/22

Watercolour over pencil on Arches wove paper. 21,1 × 14,6 cm (8 ¼ × 5 ¾ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: František Kupka. Untitled (study for a pochoir). Circa 1921/22.

Estimate:

EUR 10,000

 

- 15,000

USD 11,000

 

- 16,500

Sold for:

12,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn 2019

Modern Art & A Rhenish Private Collection, Friday, 29.11.2019

Information

Watercolour over pencil on Arches wove paper. 21,1 × 14,6 cm (8 ¼ × 5 ¾ in.). Monogrammed lower right: K. On the reverse with the signature stamp in reddish brown: Kupka. On the cardboard backing a collection label of the Collection Royal S. Marks. There too labels of the exhibitions Winterthur 2001, Saint-Paul-de-Vence 2011, Beijing 2012 and Münster 2014 (see below). Framed

We would like to thank Pierre Brullé, Paris, for kindly confirming the authenticity of the watercolour and for the indication regarding the date..

Formerly Royal S, Marks, New York

Frantisek Kupka, 1871–1957 – A Retrospective. New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1975, ill. p. 235 / Verschmelzendes Rosa und schwarze Spannung. Werke des osteuropäischen Konstruktivismus aus einer deutschen Privatsammlung. Winterthur, Kunstmuseum, 2001, ill. p. 57 / L’abstraction en Europe. Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, 2011, cat. no. 12 / Constructivism in Europe. From Malevich to Kandinsky. Peking, National Art Museum of China, 2012, cat. no. 16, ill. p. 28 / Die Revolution entläßt ihre Bilder. Münster, Kunstmuseum Pablo Picasso, 2014, cat. no. 12

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