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Spirit of Dreams: Property from the Joseph H. Hazen Collection

František Kupka

Flux et reflux

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May 13, 11:00 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000,000 - 5,000,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

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

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)

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)