18František Kupka

1871 – 1957

En Dégradés (Verticales)

Provenance: - The painting was bought by the famous gallerist Louis Carré right from Kupka in Puteaux in Paris - Private collection It is the mature work of the founder of the world abstract painting and the most significant Czech modern painter of 20th century. The painting belongs to the set “Vertical and diagonal plans”. Composition of the painting has somewhat like the inner frame which makes us feel like seeing two paintings. Exhibited for example: - 1951 New York – Kupka, Louis Carré Gallery, 712 Fifth Avenue N.Y., (May – June 1951, reproduced and exhibited under No. 13) - 1964 Paris – Kupka, Peintures 1910–1946, Louis Carré Gallery, 10 Avenue de Messine, Paris 8 (May 21 – July 31, 1964, exhibited under No. 20) - 1981 Koln, Frank Kupka, Gmurzynska Gallery, 5 Koln 1, Obenmarspforten 21 (April 1981), published on the page 210, exhibited under No. 40a - 1989 Paris – Frantisek Kupka 1871–1957, Ou l´ invention d´ une abstraction – Museé d´art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, (November 22, 1989 – February 25, 1990), reproduced on pages 284–285, exhibited under No. 225 Literature: - Colloquium about Frantisek Kupka: “Fine Arts“, 1968, XVIII, page 348 - Serge Fauchereau – Kupka, Paris, Editions Albin Michel, 1988, reproduced under No. 150