
Art Institute of Chicago
Reminiscence of a Cathedral
František Kupka · 1920/23
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist; sold through Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Randall Shapiro, about 1957–58 [Kunsthaus Zürich 1976; letter from Richard Feigen, Apr. 12, 2001, in curatorial file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1984.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Paris, Galerie la Boëtie, Exposition des oeuvres de F. Kupka, Oct. 16– 31, 1924, cat. 18–21 (one of these four).
- Prague, Galerie S.V.U. Mánes, Frantisek Kupka, Nov. 14–Dec. 8, 1946, cat. 69 (as Reminiscence Katedrál, 1920).
- Musée des Beaux–Arts de la Ville de Paris, Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, June 10–July 15, 1950, cat. 300 (as Réminiscence, 1913–1920).
- New York, Rose Fried Gallery, Kupka, Feb. 23–Mar. 21, 1953, cat. 2 (as Reminiscence Cathedrale, 1913).
- Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Selections from the Joseph Randall Shapiro Collection, Dec. 20, 1969–Feb. 1, 1970 (as Reminiscence of a Cathedral, 1913).
- New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Frantisek Kupka, 1871–1957: A Retrospective, Oct. 10–Dec. 7, 1975, cat. 143; Kunsthaus Zurich, Jan. 17–Mar. 14, 1976.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, The Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Randall Shapiro Collection, Feb. 23–Apr. 14, 1985, cat. 79.
- Paris, Galeries national du Grand Palais, Kupka: Pionneir de l'abstraction, Mar. 21–July 30, 2018, cat. 148; Prague, National Gallery, Wallenstein Palace, Sept. 7, 2018–Jan. 20, 2019; Helsinki, Anteneumin Museum, Finnish National Gallery, Feb. 22–May 19, 2019 (Paris and Prague only).
Literature
Published references
- Frantisek Kupka, Exposition des oeuvres de F. Kupka, exh. cat. (Galerie la Boëtie, 1924), n.p., cat. 18–21 (one of these four).
- Frantisek Kupka, Frantisek Kupka, exh. cat. (Galerie S.V.U. Mánes, 1946), n.p., cat. 69 (as Reminiscence Katedrál, 1920).
- Musée des Beaux–Arts de la Ville de Paris, Salon des Réalités Nouvelles exh. cat. (Musée des Beaux–Arts de la Ville de Paris, 1950), n.p., cat. 300 (as Réminiscence, 1913–1920).
- Rose Fried Gallery, Kupka, exh. announcement/brochure (Rose Fried Gallery, 1953), n.p., cat. 2 (as Reminiscence Cathedrale, 1913) (cover ill.).
- Jan van der Mark, Selections from the Joseph Randall Shapiro Collection, exh. cat. (Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1969), n.p., cat. 39 (as Reminiscence of a Cathedral, 1913) (ill.).
- Margit Rowell, Frantisek Kupka, 1971–1957: A Retrospective, exh. cat. (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum , 1975), 246, cat. 143; 247 (ill.).
- Margit Rowell, Frantisek Kupka, 1971–1957: A Retrospective, exh. cat. (Kunsthaus Zurich, 1976), 191, cat. 143, (ill.).
- Katherine Kuh and Dennis Adrian, The Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Randall Shapiro Collection, exh. cat. (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1985), 20, 71, fig. 61, cat. 79 (color ill.), 111, cat.79.
- Brigette Leal, Markéta Theinhardt, adn Pierre Brullé, Kupka: Pionnier de l'abstraction, exh. cat. (Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 2018), 179, cat. 148 (color ill.); 289.
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