Lot 77
  • 77

František Kupka

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • František Kupka
  • Wizard (ČARODĚJNÍK)
  • signed Kupka lower right
  • watercolour and pen and ink on paper
  • 32 by 23.5cm., 12½ by 9¼in.
  • 32 x 23.5 cm

Provenance

M. Devillers, Paris
Sale: Art Consulting Brno, Brno, 27 January 2002, lot 154
Purchased at the above sale

Exhibited

Prague, Municipal House, F. Kupka The Blue Salon Cycle, 1906, no. 46

Literature

Jiří Hlušička; The Hascoe Collection of Czech Modern Art, Prague, 2004, p. 208, no. D155, catalogued; p. 15, pl. 3, illustrated

Condition

Apart from some scattered spots of foxing this work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Executed in 1906.