Spirit of Dreams: Property from the Joseph H. Hazen Collection
František Kupka
Flux et reflux
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May 14, 01:12 AM GMT
Estimate
3,000,000 - 5,000,000 USD
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Spirit of Dreams: Property from the Joseph H. Hazen Collection
František Kupka
(1871 - 1957)
Flux et reflux
signed Kupka and inscribed à mon ami J. Sejnoha (lower right)
oil on canvas
23 ⅛ by 28 ⅜ in. 58.6 by 72 cm.
Executed in 1923.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Pierre Brullé.
Jaroslav Šejnoha, Paris and Canada (acquired as a gift from the artist)
E. & A. Silberman Galleries, Inc., New York (acquired from the above)
Graham Gallery, New York (acquired in half-share from the above in 1962)
Joseph H. Hazen, New York (acquired from the above on 6 September 1966)
Thence by descent to the present owner
New York, Finch College Museum of Art, The Taste of One Art Dealer. An Exhibition of Paintings Loaned by Abris Silberman of the E. & A. Silberman Galleries, New York, 1966, no. 10, n.p., illustrated in the catalogue
Jerusalem, Israel Museum; Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum; Los Angeles, The Art Galleries, University of California; Berkeley, University Art Museum, University of California and Honolulu Academy of Arts, Paintings from the Collection of Joseph H. Hazen, 1966-67, no. 57 (Cambridge) (dated circa 1923)
Exh. Cat., New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, František Kupka, 1871-1957, A Retrospective, 1975, p. 236, footnote 1, cited (dated probably 1920-23)
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