Auction:
April Auction in Mánes
Author:
František Kupka
Year:
(1871 – 1957)
Artwork:
Sketch for illustrations (probably to the Song of Songs)
Created:
1905
Starting/Selling price:
1 730 EUR
Estimate:
2 310–3 080 EUR
Sold:
45.000 Kč
pencil on paper
31 x 24 cm
verso sketch of decorative frame
Provenance:
- purchased by Jindrich Waldes directly from Frantisek Kupka
- confiscated by the Gestapo in 1939, moved to the State Gallery and then to the National Gallery in Prague
- deposited in the collections of the National Gallery in Prague, registered under No. W 2040 / NG K 5062
- in 1996 the restitution of the National Gallery in Prague (the so-called Waldes restitution) to the heirs of the factory owner Jindrich Waldes
- significant private collection
Publicated.
Consulted with Professor Jaromir Zemina, Dr Karel Srp, Dr Jiri Machalicky, Aneta Kopecka and Vladimir Lekes.
Confirmation of authenticity by Vladimir Lekes attached.
