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accession number: 1969.51
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Amorpha: Fugue in Two Colors II, 1910–1911. Frantisek Kupka (Czech, 1871–1957). Oil on canvas; framed: 129.5 x 84.8 x 7.6 cm (51 x 33 3/8 x 3 in.); unframed: 111.7 x 68.6 cm (44 x 27 in.); former: 129.9 x 84.8 x 6.5 cm (51 1/8 x 33 3/8 x 2 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1969.51 © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
title: Amorpha: Fugue in Two Colors II
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creation date: 1910–1911
creation date earliest: 1910
creation date latest: 1911
current location: 223 20th Century Avant-Garde
creditline: Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art
copyright: © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
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culture: Czechoslovakia, 20th century
technique: oil on canvas
department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Frantisek Kupka (Czech, 1871–1957) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 129.5 x 84.8 x 7.6 cm (51 x 33 3/8 x 3 in.); Unframed: 111.7 x 68.6 cm (44 x 27 in.); Former: 129.9 x 84.8 x 6.5 cm (51 1/8 x 33 3/8 x 2 9/16 in.)
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inscription: signed lower left: Kupka
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1969
opening date: 1970-01-27T05:00:00
Year in Review: 1969. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).
title: Frantisek Kupka: A Retrospective
opening date: 1975-10-10T04:00:00
Frantisek Kupka: A Retrospective. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (October 10-December 7, 1975); Kunsthaus Zürich, CH-8024 Zürich, Switzerland (January 14-March 14, 1976).
title: Abstraction: Towards a New Art
opening date: 1980-02-05T05:00:00
Abstraction: Towards a New Art. Tate, London SW1P 4RG (organizer) (February 5-April 13, 1980).
title: Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960
opening date: 1987-09-16T04:00:00
Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 16-November 8, 1987).
title: Kupka
opening date: 1989-11-22T05:00:00
Kupka. Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France (November 22, 1989-February 25, 1990).
title: Painting the Universe: Frantisek Kupka, Pioneer of Abstraction
opening date: 1997-06-01T00:00:00
Painting the Universe: Frantisek Kupka, Pioneer of Abstraction. The Dallas Museum of Art (organizer) (June 1-August 24, 1997); Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (September 27, 1997-January 5, 1998); National Gallery, Prague (February 2-May 10, 1998).
title: Musical Analogies, Kandinsky and his Contemporaries
opening date: 2003-02-11T00:00:00
Musical Analogies, Kandinsky and his Contemporaries. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain (organizer) (February 11-May 25, 2003).
title: Sons et Lumières
opening date: 2004-09-22T00:00:00
Sons et Lumières. Centre national d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou, Paris cedex O4, France (organizer) (September 22, 2004-January 3, 2005).
title: Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2006-05-27T00:00:00
Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Beijing World Art Museum, China (May 26-August 27, 2006); Mori Art Center (September 16-November 26, 2006); Seoul Art Center, South Korea (December 22, 2006-March 28, 2007); Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, South Korea (April 7-May 20, 2007); Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (June 9-September 16, 2007); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 15-June 1, 2008); Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (June 22-September 21, 2008); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (October 12, 2008-January 18, 2009).
title: Kupka. Pioneer of Abstraction
opening date: 2018-03-19T04:00:00
Kupka. Pioneer of Abstraction. Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 75008 Paris, France (March 19-July 30, 2018); National Gallery, Prague (September 7, 2018-January 20, 2019); Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland (February 11-June 16, 2019).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Museo Thyssen-Bornesmisza, Madrid (2/11/2003-5/25/2003): "Muscial Analogies, Kandinsky and his Contemporaries"', 'opening_date': '2003-02-11T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Centre natinal d\'art et de cullture Georges Pompidou, Paris (9/22/2004 - 1/3/2005): "Sons et Lumières"', 'opening_date': '2004-09-22T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA (organizer). Beijing World Art Museum, China, May 26 - Aug. 27, 2006; Mori Arts Center, Tokyo, Japan: Sept. 9 - Nov. 26, 2006; Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea: Dec. 18, 2006 - March 31, 2007; Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea: Apr. 7 - May 20, 2007; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: June 9 - Sept. 16, 2007; Cleveland Museum of Art, Oct. 21, 2007- January 13, 2008; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN, Feb. 21-June 1, 2008; Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT, June 22 - September 21, 2008; and the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, October 12, 2008 - January 18, 2009: "Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art"', 'opening_date': '2006-05-26T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Réunion des musées nationaux - Grand Palais. Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, France (3/19/2018 – 7/30/2018), National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic (9/15/2018 – 1/20/2019), and Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland (2/11/2019 – 6/16/2019): "Kupka. Pioneer of Abstraction"', 'opening_date': '2018-03-19T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Purchased from the artist by Alexander Liberman, New York, in 1953.
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[Eugene Victor Thaw and Co., New York]
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CITATIONS
Cleveland Museum of Art. Art of the Twentieth Century in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Dept. of Art History & Education, CMA, 1969.
page number: Mentioned: p. 2
url: https://archive.org/details/20thCenturyArtCMA/page/n3
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 243
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n263
Henning, Edward B. Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1987.
page number: Reproduced: P. 70, pl. V; Mentioned and reproduced: P. 120, no. 28
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Swartz, Anne. "A Redating of Kupka's "Amorpha, Fugue in Two Colors II"." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 8 (1993): 327-51.
page number: Reproduced: cover, p. 328; Mentioned: p. 327-51
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25161426
Kosinski, Dorothy M. and Jaroslav Anděl. Painting the Universe: František Kupka, Pioneer in Abstraction. Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1997.
page number: Reproduced: p. 118
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Sims, Lowery Stokes. The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 62, fig. 11
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Lekeš, Vladimír, et. al. František Kupka: catalogue raisonné des huiles = Catalogue raisonné of oil paintings = Soupis olejomaleb. Praha: Adolf Loos Apartment and Gallery; London: Koenig Books, 2016.
page number: Reproduced: p.166, no. 094
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Von Bonsdorff, Anna Marie. "L'Abstraction sonore de Kupka Musicalité, couleur et spiritualisme." In Kupka: pionnier de l'abstraction. Brigitte Léal, Markéta Theinhardt, Pierre Brullé, Jean-François Allain, and Jean-Gaspard Pálenícek, 113-131. Paris: Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 2018.
page number: Reproduced: p. 123, cat. 113
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Von Bonsdorff, Anna-Maria. "Kupkova Zvukova Abstrakce--Hudba, Barva a Spiritualita." In František Kupka, 1871-1957. Pravdová, Anna, Marketa Theinhardt, Nathalie Ernoult, and Brigitte Léal, eds., 80-89. Paris: Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux-Grand Palais; Prague: Národní Galerie; Helsinki: Finnish National Gallery, Ateneum Art Museum. 2018.
page number: Reproduced: p. 84, fig. 117
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Pravdová, Anna. František Kupka 1871-1957. [Prague]: Národní galerie v Praze, 2018.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 86-87
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von Bonsdorff, Anna-Maria. "Frantisek Kupka. Sounding Abstraction -- Musicality, Colour and Spiritualism." In František Kupka. Anne-Maria Pennonen, Hanne Selkokari, and Lene Wahlsten, eds., 11-27. Helsinki: Ateneum, Finnish National Gallery, 2018.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 13-14
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