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Birth of the Modern: The Arnold and Joan Saltzman Collection
FRANTIŠEK KUPKA (1871-1957)
Une Pensée
Details
FRANTIŠEK KUPKA (1871-1957)
Une Pensée
signed and dated 'Kupka -23-' (lower right) and signed again 'Kupka' (lower left)
oil on canvas
41 ½ x 26 7⁄8 in. (105.5 x 68.2 cm.)
Painted in 1923 and later reworked by the artist
Une Pensée
signed and dated 'Kupka -23-' (lower right) and signed again 'Kupka' (lower left)
oil on canvas
41 ½ x 26 7⁄8 in. (105.5 x 68.2 cm.)
Painted in 1923 and later reworked by the artist
Provenance
Eugénie Kupka, Paris (wife of the artist).
Andrée Martinel-Kupka, Paris (by descent from the above, 1963).
Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris (acquired from the above, 1964).
Carter C. Higgins, North Brookfield (acquired from the above, 1964).
Elisabeth H. Null, New Canaan (by descent from the above, 1965); sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, 14 May 1980, lot 125.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Andrée Martinel-Kupka, Paris (by descent from the above, 1963).
Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris (acquired from the above, 1964).
Carter C. Higgins, North Brookfield (acquired from the above, 1964).
Elisabeth H. Null, New Canaan (by descent from the above, 1965); sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, 14 May 1980, lot 125.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Literature
L. Vachtová, Frank Kupka, London, 1968, p. 315, no. 356 and possibly p. 304, no. 184 (illustrated).
V. Lekeš, František Kupka: Catalogue raisonné des huiles, Prague, 2016, p. 498, no. 313 and possibly p. 533, no. 351 (illustrated).
V. Lekeš, František Kupka: Catalogue raisonné des huiles, Prague, 2016, p. 498, no. 313 and possibly p. 533, no. 351 (illustrated).
Exhibited
(possibly) Paris, Musée des Ecoles étrangères contemporaines, F. Kupka, A. Mucha, June 1936, p. 10, no. 47 (titled Mesure du temps).
(possibly) Prague, Galerie S.V.U. Mánes, František Kupka, November-December 1946, no. 71 (dated 1921-1923 and titled Míra času I).
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, Czech in the Velvet Revolution, December 1990-April 1991, p. 24 (illustrated in color).
(possibly) Prague, Galerie S.V.U. Mánes, František Kupka, November-December 1946, no. 71 (dated 1921-1923 and titled Míra času I).
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, Czech in the Velvet Revolution, December 1990-April 1991, p. 24 (illustrated in color).
Further Details
Pierre Brullé has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Imogen Kerr
Vice President, Senior Specialist, Co-Head of 20th Century Evening Sale