František Kupka (1871-1957), Blanc sur bleu et rouge

František Kupka (1871-1957)
Blanc sur bleu et rouge
signed 'Kupka' (lower right)
oil on canvas
28 1/2 x 31 1/2 in. (72.3 x 80 cm.)
Painted circa 1934

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Provenance
Galerie Louis Carré, Paris.
Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne, by 1981.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature
L. Vachtová, Frank Kupka, London, 1968, no. 319, p. 313.

Exhibited
Prague, Galerie S.V.U. Mánes, František Kupka, Výstava ?ivotního díla 1880-1946, 1946, no. 146.
New York, Louis Carré Gallery, 1951.
Cologne, Galerie Gmurzynska, Frank Kupka, February - April 1981, no. 22, p. 231 (illustrated p. 179; dated '1924').