Auction:
April Auction in Mánes
Author:
František Kupka
Year:
(1871 – 1957)
Artwork:
Abstract Composition
Created:
1930 - 1935
Starting/Selling price:
46 150 EUR
Estimate:
57 690 - 76 920 EUR
Sold:
2.050.000 Kč
mixed media (gouache, watercolor, pencil) on paper
Dimension: 28,5 x 28,5 cm
signed lower left: Kupka
Provenance: significant private collection
Confirmation of the authenticity by Vladimir Lekes, 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 copyright holder of the painter by the French state company Adagp Paris) registered in the Guide International des experts et spécialistes, published in France, attached.
Confirmation of the authenticity of Pierre Brulle and Professor Tomas Vlcek attached.
Futhermore consulted with Professor Jaromir Zemina, Dr Karel Srp, Dr Jiri Machalicky, Aneta Kopecka and Vladimir Lekes.
