May 17, 2023 11:00 EST
Impressionist & Modern Art / Post-War Art & Contemporary Art
524
From a Private Collection
Frantisek Kupka
Czech, 1871-1957
Compotier aux Pommes
Signed Kupka (lr)
Oil on board
17 5/8 x 23 5/8 inches (44.8 x 60 cm
Provenance:
Sale, Sotheby's, London, Mar. 29, 2000, lot 152
Private collection
Exhibited:
Paris, Galerie Povolozky, François Kupka: Peintures - Blanc et Noirs, Oct. 16 - 31, 1921, cat. no. 29
Literature:
Ludmila Vachtova, Frantisek Kupka, Prague, 1968, cat. no. 36, p. 227
Ludmila Vachtova, Frank Kupka: Pioneer of Abstract Art, New York, 1968, cat. no. 36, p. 296
Vladimír Lekes, Frantisek Kupka. Catalogue raisonné des huiles, Prague, 2016, no. 41, p. 91, illus.
Sold for $756,000
Estimated at $70,000 - $90,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
From a Private Collection
Frantisek Kupka
Czech, 1871-1957
Compotier aux Pommes
Signed Kupka (lr)
Oil on board
17 5/8 x 23 5/8 inches (44.8 x 60 cm
Provenance:
Sale, Sotheby's, London, Mar. 29, 2000, lot 152
Private collection
Exhibited:
Paris, Galerie Povolozky, François Kupka: Peintures - Blanc et Noirs, Oct. 16 - 31, 1921, cat. no. 29
Literature:
Ludmila Vachtova, Frantisek Kupka, Prague, 1968, cat. no. 36, p. 227
Ludmila Vachtova, Frank Kupka: Pioneer of Abstract Art, New York, 1968, cat. no. 36, p. 296
Vladimír Lekes, Frantisek Kupka. Catalogue raisonné des huiles, Prague, 2016, no. 41, p. 91, illus.
Could use a light cleaning; frame rubbing; some wear along the edges and in corners; tiny ding in the upper right center with a speck of paint loss just above; fine craquelure in the whites at center; tiny paint chip in compote; uneven varnish; difficult to detect restoration under UV light, however, there may be some along the edges.
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Auction: Impressionist & Modern Art / Post-War Art & Contemporary Art, May 17, 2023
