Art Institute of Chicago

Dynamism

František Kupka · c. 1912

Provenance

Ownership history

Estate of the artist [stamp (Kupka; not in Lugt) verso, lower right, in red, and stamp (FRANK KUPKA / 7, Rue Lemaitre / PUTEAUX (Seine); not in Lugt) verso, upper left, in purple]. Sold by the Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, to Mr. and Mrs. Murray A. Gribin, 1971; sold, Sotheby’s, London, June 23, 1993, lot 115, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, Brookline, MA; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

New York, Robert Elkon Gallery, "Twentieth Century Masters," Sept. 27–Oct. 29, 1969, cat. 10.
Claremont Cal., Montgomery Art Gallery, Pomona College, "Works on Paper: 1900–1960 from Southern California Collections," Sept. 18–Oct. 27, 1977, pp. 45-46, cat. 36 (ill.).
Santa Clara, Cal., De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, "The Artist and the Machine 1910–1940," 1986, cat. 3.
Art Institute of Chicago, "Drawings in Dialogue: Old Master Through Modern, The Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection," June 3–July 30, 2006, p. 154, cat. 107 (ill.).
Art Institute of Chicago, "The Thrill of the Chase: Drawings for the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection," Mar. 15-June 15, 2014, no cat.

Literature

Suzanne Folds McCullagh (ed.), Drawings in Dialogue: Old Master Through Modern, The Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection, exh. cat. (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2006), p. 154, cat. 107 (ill.).

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