About This Artwork

Frantisek Kupka
Czechoslovakian, 1871–1957

Reminiscence of a Cathedral, 1920–23

Oil on canvas
59 x 37 in. (149.9 x 94 cm)
Signed, l.r.: "Kupka", Inscribed, l.l.: "Reminiscence"
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Randall Shapiro, 1984.6

© 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

New York, Rose Fried Gallery, Kupka, February 23–March 21, 1953, no. 2.

Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Selections from the Joseph Randall Shapiro Collection, December 20, 1969–February 1, 1970, no. 39.

Publication History

New York, Rose Fried Gallery, Kupka, February 23–March 21, 1953.

Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Selections from the Joseph Randall Shapiro Collection, December 20, 1969–February 1, 1970.

Ownership History

Richard Feigen Collection, Chicago, 1958 [letter from Feigen in curatorial file]. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Randall Shapiro, by 1970 [Chicago 1969]; bequeathed to Art Institute, 1984.