About This Artwork
Frantisek Kupka
Czechoslovakian, 1871–1957
Reminiscence of a Cathedral1920–23
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
Medieval to Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Not on Display
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.

