Auction:
April Auction in Mánes
Author:
František Kupka
Year:
(1871 – 1957)
Artwork:
Sketch for the Summer Evening
Created:
1905
Starting/Selling price:
1 920 EUR
Estimate:
2 310 - 3 080 EUR
Sold:
100.000 Kč
pencil on paper
Dimensions: 17 x 10 cm
signed lower right "Kupka"
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 2175 / NG K5018
- 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.
