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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 12,000

 

- 15,000

USD 14,100

 

- 17,600

Sold for:

15,240 EUR (incl. premium)

Winter Auctions 2025

Modern & 19th Century Art, Friday, 28.11.2025

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 p. 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 confirming the authenticity the watercolour and for providing additional information.

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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