Etude, étude forme petals (Study for Petals)
Date1919
Label TextMysticism, spiritualism and theosophy—often combined with new scientific research into space and time—were influential topics in the first two decades of the 20th century.
Combined with an interest in color studies and music, they informed the painting of Kupka, who hoped to create subjective renderings of cosmic space through abstract color and form. “I can find something between sight and hearing and I can produce a fugue in colors as Bach has done in music.”
Object number2014.26.4
Provenance[Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, France]; [Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne, Germany, 1985]; purchased from gallery by Gladys and Sam Rubinstein, Seattle, Washington, 1985
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Modern in Europe: Featuring Selections from the Collection of Gladys & Sam Rubinstein, Nov. 5, 2004 - Apr. 17, 2005.
Prague, Czechoslovakia, Galerie S.V.U. Mánes, Kupka, 1946 (Vienna, Austria, Galerie Würthle, Léger, Gromaire, Villon, Kupka, 1955, cat. no. 49).
Cologne, Germany, Galerie Gmurzynska, Kupka, 1981
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Paintings and Drawings of the European Avant-Garde: The Rubinstein Bequest, Apr. 23, 2014 - May 16, 2021 [on view until May 1, 2016].Published ReferencesLéger, Gromaire, Villon, Kupka. Vienna: Galerie Würthle, 1955, no. 49, illus.
Kupka. Cologne: Galerie Gmurzynska, 1981, no. 11, illus. p. 159Credit LineGift of Gladys and Sam Rubinstein
Dimensions26 x 28 1/2 in. (66 x 72.4 cm)
MediumOil on canvas
Iranian
6th century B.C. - 4th century B.C.
Object number: 67.19
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