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<b>KUPKA</b>
FRANTISEK KUPKA (Frank)
Opocno 1871- 1957 Paris (Czech)
Les Fous / The Insane Ones - 1899
Original Color Lithograph
Title : Les Fous / The Insane Ones
Technique : Original Lithograph in two colors on heavy paper.
Paper Size : 48.5 X 78 cm / 19 X 30.6 inch.
Image Size : 33 X 69.5 cm / 13 X 27.2 inch.
Additional Information : The work is signed and dated "Kupka '99 (1899) in the plate at the lower left part.
This work from 1899 represents the political point of view that Kupka expressed against the war and the social problems of his time.
Kupka was a very political and critical artist in the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century , before he became an abstract artist.
This is the original lithograph from 1899 and not a modern restrike!.
This lithograph was exhibited in the current major Kupka exhibition in Musse d'Orsay, Paris - "Vers des Temps Nouveaux, Kupka, Oeuvres Graphiques 1894-1912".
The image was also printed in a double page format in the publication "Cocorico" No. 48, in the 15 of March 1901.
This lithograph was also exhibited in the Universal Exhibition (l'Exposition Universalle) in Paris 1900, and in the Saint Louis Universal Exhibition 1904.
Literature : Vers des Temps Nouveaux, Kupka, Oeuvres Graphiques 1894-1912, Musee d'Orsay,Paris, 2002.
Catalogue No. 44, text and illustration page 62.
Condition : The paper is glued in the upper and lower sides of the back side to the passepartout.
There is also a small missing part of the paper (less then 1cm) that is covered by the passepartout.
Otherwise in very good condition.
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Thursday, 1 December, 2005 11am- 5pm
Friday, 10 December, 2005 11am- 5pm
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