FRANK KUPKA (1871-1957)
Bleus Mouvants III , Painted in 1925-27, retouched by the artist in 1933
Oil on canvas
109 x 111 cm. (42 ⅞ x 43 ¾ in.)
Provenance
- Pierre Peissi, Paris (acquired from the artist circa 1945)
- Private collection, Paris (by descent from the above)
- Duhamel Fine Art, Paris
- Private collection, Czech Republic (acquired from the above in 2013)
Exhibitions
- Paris, Musée des écoles étrangères contemporaines, Jeu de Paume, F. Kupka et A. Mucha, June1936, n°34 p. 9 (as Plans en mouvement)
- Prague, Galerie SVU Mànes, Frantisek Kupka, Life Work, November – December 1946
- Paris, Salon des réalités nouvelles, 1949, n°284 (as Bleus par plans)
- Paris, Salon des réalités nouvelles, Jubilé Kupka, 1953
- Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne, Kupka, 27 May – 13 July 1958, n°64 p. 28, pl. XXIII (as Bleus Mouvants II)
- New York, Guggenheim Museum, František Kupka, a retrospective, 1975, n°150 illustrated
- Zurich, Kunsthaus, Frank Kupka 1871-1957, 17 January – 14 March 1976, n° 150, p. 201 illustrated in colour
- Marienburg, Galerie Gmurzynska, Frank Kupka, die andere Realität, 28 April – 15 July 1995, pp. 150-151 illustrated in colour
- Prague, Kampa Museum, Bleus Mouvants, February – May 2016, p. 17 illustrated in colour
Literature
- L. Vachtovà, Frank Kupka, Thames & Hudson 1968, n° 256 p. 309, illustrated p.193 (incorrect dimensions)
- V. Lekes – A. Husslein-Arco – L. Lekes – E. Zlatohlavkova, Frantisek Kupka, Catalogue Raisonné des huiles, London 2016, n° 236 pp. 393-394, illustrated in colour