Lot 26. Abstract Composition (from the cycle Creation in visual arts)
gouache on paper
38 x 30,5 cm
signed right down: Kupka
verso old gallery stamps
Provenance:
– significant private collection
Exhibited:
– 1921 Galerie Povolozky, Paris
– 1948 Galerie Denis René, Paris
– 1957 Museé National d´Art Moderne, Paris – Exhibition Frantisek Kupka, no. 724
– 1964 Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris
– 1966 Galerie Framond, Paris
– 1981 Galerie Gmurzynska, Koln am Rhein
Confirmation of the authenticity by Vladimir Lekes, main author of the Catalogue Raisonné of Oil Paintings by Frantisek Kupka (published in collaboration with Adolf Loos Apartment and Gallery, National Gallery in Prague, Austrian National Gallery Belvedere and the cop yright holder of the painter by the French state company by Adagp Paris), registered in the Guide International des experts et spécialistes, published in France enclosed.
Confirmation of the authenticity by Pierre Brulle dated December 02, 2000, enclosed.
Further consulted with Dr Irena Zantovska Murray HonFRIBA, Professor Jaromir Zemina and Dr Jiri Machalicky.