Lot 17. Seascape near Trégastel

Frantisek Kupka
(1871 – 1957)
Created: 
1900–1902

oil on wood panel
15.8 x 22.3 cm
signed lower right by initial: K

Provenance:
– Frantisek Kupka collection
– private collection, Brittany
– private collection, Paris

Exhibited:
– Kupka, exhibition at Gallery Le Minotarure and Gallery Alain Le Gaillard, Paris, 29. 5. to 31. 7. 2021
– Exhibition of Kupka’s and Mucha's iconic paintings at Expo 58 ART, curated by Vladimir Lekes, Adolf Loos Apartment and Gallery in Expo 58 ART, Prague, 26. 2.–20. 3.2022

Publicated:
– Kupka, by Marketa Theinhardt, Catherine Bollini, Fabrice de Murat, Daniel Salom, Jean-Marc Decrop, published by Galerie Alain Le Gaillard and Galerie Le Minotaure, Paris, 2021, reproduced in colour on p. 20

Confirmation of the authenticity by Vladimir Lekes, main author of Kupka’s Catalogue Raisonné of Oil Paintings (published with cooperation of Adolf Loos Apartment and Gallery, National Gallery Prague, Belvedere Vienna and Kupka´s copyright holder Adagp Paris), registered in the Guide international des experts et spécialistes, published in France, enclosed.

Confirmation of authenticity by Pierre Brulle dated July 10, 2020, curator of the exhibition Frantisek Kupka – The Way to Amorfa, 30. 11. 2012–3. 3. 2013, National Gallery in Prague, enclosed.

Frantisek Kupka painted the painting in the vicinity of the small town of Trégastel in Brittany (1900–1902), where he subsequently often went on vacation.

Starting/Selling price
2.000.000 Kč
  |  
EUR 80 000
Estimate
3.000.000–4.000.000 Kč
  |  
EUR 120 000–160 000